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Mrs. Anne (Charles A.) Studebaker Carlisle, 
Chairman Woman's Section, Indiana State Council of Defense, 



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ORGANIZATION OF 
THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 



THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 

Composed of the Secretaries of War, Navy, Interior, Agri- 
culture, Commerce and Labor, and an Advisory 
Commission 

WOMAN'S COMMITTEE 
COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 

Chairman, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw 
1814 N Street, NW., Washington, D. C. 

WOMAN'S SECTION 
INDIANA STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 

Appointed by Governor James P. Goodrich, May, 1917 

COUNTY WOMAN'S SECTION 
Ninety-two Counties 

TOWNSHIP WOMAN'S SECTIONS 



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FOREWORD 



The Indiana State Council of Defense was organized in 
May, 1917; the members were appointed by the Governor of 
the State. The Council consisted of nineteen men and one 
woman, the woman member being also the Chairman of the 
Woman's Section of the State Council of Defense. The woman 
member as first appointed by Governor Goodrich was Mrs. 
Caroline Fairbanks, who was then President of the State 
Federation of Women's Clubs. Shortly after her appointment 
Mrs, Fairbanks became ill, and as it was believed from time 
to time that she would soon be able to assurrie the duties of 
the head of the Woman's Section, no change was made. How- 
ever, after a time it became apparent that she could not act 
in this capacity, so she resigned, and in October, 1917, Mrs. 
Anne Studebaker Carlisle, of South Bend, Ind., was appointed. 
When this occurred Mrs. Carlisle was in the East and there 
was a delay pending her return. Immediately upon her return, 
however, she assumed the duties incident to the appointment, 
went to Washington to consult with the Woman's Committee 
of the Council of National Defense, and from that time on the 
work progressed with the greatest possible dispatch. 

The organization was completed after a state-wide meeting 
in Indianapolis early in November, to which were invited the 
heads of all the wonien's organizations in Indiana, whether of 
state-wide or national scope. All of the committees suggested 
by the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense 
were organized, with the heads of such committees as the 
Executive Committee of the Woman's Section. Besides the 
Executive Committee, the State Committee at Large was com- 
posed of the Chairmen of the Woman's Section of the ninety- 
two County Councils of Defense and the heads of the women's 
organizations in Indiana. From time to time in addition to 
the committees already in the field coming under the various 
heads of the departments designated by the National Com- 
mittee, six new committees were organized: the Socks for 
Soldiers Committee, the "Fourteen-Minute Women," Ameri- 
canization, Motor Corps, Entertainment, and Liberty Loan. 

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The County Councils of Defense in Indiana consisted of 
one woman and six men, the woman member of each County 
Council being the Chairman of the Woman's Section of such 
county, and local committees were appointed by her corre- 
sponding exactly with the committees of the Woman's Section 
of the State Council of Defense. 

The purpose of the Woman's Section was not to create 
new committees, but to use existing organizations, direct their 
activities in so far as possible, and act as a clearing house for 
all women's organizations, thus avoiding duplication. The 
Woman's Section of the County Councils was considered the 
head of women's activities in the county and reported these 
activities (giving credit to the organizations) to the Woman's 
Section of the State Council of Defense, and was by them for- 
warded on to the National Committee each month in a report 
covering all the counties. All messages to the women of the 
State from the Woman's Committee of the National Council 
were transmitted to the Woman's Section of the State, by 
them to the Woman's Section of the County Councils, and by 
them to the women of the townships, and in this way women 
in the most remote parts of the State were reached. 

The Woman's Section upon different occasions held state- 
wide meetings in Indianapolis, at which time we had the priv- 
ilege and pleasure of having for our speakers : Captain Hugh 
Knyvett of Australia, who Iiad but recently returned from 
service overseas; Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, Chairman of the 
Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense ; Mrs. 
Carrie Chapman Catt of Washington, Miss Mary Garrett Hay 
of New York, Mrs. Stanley McCormick of Washington, Mrs. 
Percy Pennybacker, Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, Mrs. Henry 
Wade Rogers of New York, Mrs. Guilford Dudley of Tennes- 
see, and Miss Helen Fraser of London, England. 



OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE 



OFFICERS 



Chairman Mrs. Anne (Charles A.) Studebaker Carlisle, South Bend 

Vice-Chairman Mrs, Fred A. Gregory, Indianapolis 

Assistant Vice-Chairman Mrs. Jaquelin S. Holliday, Indianapolis 

Treasurer Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston, Indianapolis 

Secretary Miss Mary Helen Boyd, Indianapolis 

Until May, 1918, Mrs. Jessie Herron Stutesman, Crawfordsville, was 
Secretary, resigning to take up her residence in New York. 

Executive Committee 

Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon Evansville 

Miss Eleanor P. Barker Indianapolis 

Mrs. Arthur Charles Richmond 

Mrs. Stuart Dean Indianapolis 

Miss Katharine Merrill Graydon Indianapolis 

Mrs, Arthur B. Grover Indianapolis 

Mrs. George C. Hitt Indianapolis 

Mrs. Julia C. Henderson Indianapolis 

Mrs. Ovid B. Jameson Indianapolis 

Dr. Amelia R. Keller Indianapolis 

Prof. Mary L. Matthews Lafayette 

Mrs. Alice Foster McCulloch Fort Wayne 

Mrs. R. Harry Miller Indianapolis 

Mrs. Hortense Tapp Moore Indianapolis 

Miss Vida Newsom Columbus 

Mrs. Albert Rabb Indianapolis 

Co-operating Woman's Organizations 

Alliance of Unitarian and other Liberal Christian Women. 

American Fund for French Wounded. 

Colanthe Court, K. of P. Women. (Colored.) 

Colonial Dames of America. 

Collegiate Alumn£E Association of Indiana. 

Daughters of American Revolution. 

Daughters of the Union. 

Daughters of Isabella. 

Daughters of Pocahontas. 

Daughters of Ruth. (Colored.) 

Catholic Women's Service League. 

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Eastern Stux. 

Daughters of the Revolution. 
Girls National Honor Guard of Indiana. 
Girl Scouts. 

Home Economics Association. 
Indiana Federation of Clubs. 
Indiana Equal SuiTrage Association. 
Indiana Mothers' Congress. 

Indiana Christian Woman's Board of Missions. 
Indiana Federation of Public School Teachers. 
Indiana State Teachers' Association. 
International Federation of Catholic Alumnse. 
International Kindergarten Union. 
Indiana Nurses Association. 
Ladies of the Macabees. 
Medical Women's Association. 
National Association of Colored Women. 
National Federation of College Women. 
National Federation of Musical Clubs. 
National League for Woman's Service. 
National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. 
National Society of United States Daughters of 1812. 
Needlework Guild of America. 
Rebekahs. 
Pythian Sisters. 

Sons and Daughters of Liberty. 
Stage Women's War Relief. 
State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. 
State Teachers' Association. 
United Daughters of the Confederacy. 
Woman's American Baptist Foreign Missions Society. 
Woman's Benefit Association of the Macabees. 
Women's Christian Temperance Union. 
Woman's Franchise League of Indiana. 

Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. 

Woman's National Rivers and Harbors Congress. 

Woman's Press Club of Indiana. 

War Mothers of America. (Headquarters at Evansville, Ind.) 

Woman's Relief Corps. 

Woman's Section of the Navy League of the United States. 

Woman's Synodical Society for Home Missions of the United States. 

Woman's Auxiliary Railway Mail Association. 

Young Women's Christian Association. 




Mrs. Fred A. Gregory, Vice- Chairman 




Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston, 
Treasurer 



Miss Mary Helen Boyd, 
Secretary 



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REPORTS OF STATE COMMITTEES 



SOCKS FOR SOLDIERS 

Miss Mary Helen Boyd, State Chairman 

The Socks for Soldiers Committee, under the supervision 
of Miss Mary Helen Boyd, was organized early in the summer 
of 1917 for the purpose of knitting socks for the Indiana men 
who went into service. 

Its first consignment of work was that of furnishing 4,000 
pairs of socks for the -men then stationed at Fort Benjamin 
Harrison before the first of September. Centers for the dis- 
tribution of yarn, instruction in knitting, and receiving the 
finished socks, were organized over the State, and before the 
date set for the completion of this first task, not only was the 
quota reached but there was also a surplus of 1,000 pairs of 
socks, imperfect in some slight detail which might render 
them unfit for use by marching men, which was turned over 
to the Red Cross for a consideration covering the cost of the 
wool, to be used by them for hospital convalescents. 

Because of the inability of this committee to secure yarn 
in sufficient quantities to warrant the continuance of it as a 
separate organization, its operations were discontinued. The 
available yarn for knitting was at that time in the possession 
of the Red Cross. 

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE 

Dr. Amelia R. Keller, State Chairman 

During the month of April, 1918, there was perfected an 
Organization Committee, consisting of a chairman and six 
assistants. Under this committee townships were organized, 
with a chairman of the woman's work in each township. In 
the larger cities the organization extended down to the block, 
with a block chairman, who had her lieutenants, and was, 
therefore, ready to put through any drive on very short 
notice. In the smaller cities and towns the organization was 
by precincts. Ninety of our ninety-two counties were organ- 
ized. This close organization was perfected for the registra- 
tion drive and was retained as a permanent organization. 

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REGISTRATION 

When the Woman's Committee of the Council of National 
Defense created the Department of Registration for the 
Woman's Committee of the State Councils of Defense they 
had in mind that the women of each State in the United States 
should be intelligently registered for work during the war, for 
reconstruction work immediately following the war, and for 
work as long as the present registration was deemed practical. 




Mrs. R. Harry Miller, State Chairman 



The women of Indiana used the registration card sent out 
by the Woman's Committee of the Council of National De- 
fense. This card consisted of ten divisions: Agricultural, 
Clerical, Domestic, Industrial, Professional, Public Service, 
Social Service, Red Cross and Allied Relief, Miscellaneous and 
Contributions. These divisions were divided into classes, 
trained and untrained workers — workers ready to be called 
upon at a moment's notice for all kinds of woman's activities 
in the industrial world. There were 172 occupations for 
women listed under the ten divisions of the registration card, 
while large numbers of additional vocations were sent in by 



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each county chairman. All students of women's colleges in 
Indiana were registered for war work. The State Registra- 
tion Committee sent out 700,000 registration cards. 

The work for registration of women in Indiana was given 
to Miss Julia Landers in January, 1918, and under her super- 
vision the registration organization of the State was almost 
entirely developed. County Chairmen were appointed, who in 
turn appointed Township and Precinct Chairmen. As a result 
the organization for registration was splendidly developed 
throughout the State. The failure of the official registration 
cards to come from the national headquarters after the State 
organization for registration was almost in perfect condition, 
retarded the registration work in Indiana to such an extent 
that many counties in the State were compelled to limit their 
registration work owing to the fact that they organized on 
the ten days basis as outlined by the National Registration 
Committee. 

Miss Landers resigned as State Chairman of the Regis- 
tration Committee, and on September 11, 1918, Mrs. R. Harry 
Miller, of Indianapolis, was appointed to succeed her. The 
new chairman, upon assuming her duties, made every effort 
to finish the state registration work. 

The registration cards have been filed in cabinets and are 
in most counties kept in the court house, and always in a safe 
and convenient place. This registration proved most valuable 
during the influenza epidemic, when many women were needed 
to act as emergency nurses and relief workers, and they were 
found immediately by referring to the registration cards. 
These cards have been used in a like manner upon other occa- 
sions, and we feel that the registration has been very much 
worth while. Following is a summary of the report as sent 
in by the ninety-two counties in Indiana: 

Number of counties organized for registration, 89. 

Full report with Summary received from 66 counties. 

General report without Summary from 18 counties. 

Registration taken but no report sent to State Chairman, 4 counties. 

Organized but no registration taken, 1 county. 

No organization, no registration, 3 counties. 

Total registration from 84 counties, 626,292. 

Indiana at the close of its registration of women for war 
work was second only to Michigan in the percentage of women 
registered. 



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The following letter received from Washington was a 
splendid testimonial to the patriotism of the women of 
Indiana : 

Council of National Defense, 
Field Division. 

Washington, February 27, 1919. 
Mrs. Charles A. Carlisle, 83 State House,- Indianapolis, Ind.: 

My Dear Mrs. Carlisle — We are very glad to have your registration 
report, which came in yesterday, in time to be included in our reports of 
the Woman's Committee work which are now being completed. 

We were very much gratified to learn of the excellent results of 
your campaign, and I know that you will be pleased to know that Indiana 
stands second only to Michigan in the percentage of women registered. 
Let me also compliment you and Mrs. Miller most warmly on the form 
in which the returns have been tabulated. 
With thanks for this record, I am 

Very truly yours, 

(Signed) Hannah J. Patterson, 

Associate Director. 



FOOD PRODUCTION 

The Food Production Committee of the Woman's Section 
of the Council of Defense, organized January, 1918, to con- 
form to all war activities, by having a state, county, town- 
ship and precinct chairman. 

This committee had for its object several definite things: 

To stimulate food production among women by encourag- 
ing all clubs, leagues and garden associations to get in touch 
with the state agricultural college, the agricultural agents 
and home demonstration agents, and get all aid and advice 
first hand. 

The advantage of this procedure was to avoid duplication 
of organization for food production; to avoid duplication of 
reports and duplication in the mailing list of the Department 
at Washington, D. C, and Purdue University. An attempt 
was made to avoid the mistake of 1917, when the same gar- 
dens were reported several times, making a splendid report 
as a whole, but not borne out by facts. 

Another purpose of this committee was to get as much 
patriotism in the back yard, with the hoe and rake, as there 
was on the street and platform. 

The reports from all over the State show that women did 
respond to the appeal, and the number of gardens in 1918 over 



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1917 were three thousand and eighty. Women cultivated 
gardens who had never made one before; others who had 
gotten out of the way, because labor was cheap or the gar- 
deners could furnish all vegetables at a very minimum cost. 
The County Chairmen, almost without exception, reported 
an enthusiasm to carry out all plans for more and better 
gardens, and the local papers without dissent carried garden 




Mrs. Hortense Tapp Moore, State Chairman 

"Notes and Hints." The county agents in two counties were 
the garden supervisors themselves, and the county superin- 
tendents of schools, Sunday schools and clubs did everything 
asked of them in distributing seeds and taking the surveys. 
The County Chairmen compiled new mailing lists for 
Purdue University and Washington, formed an exchange for 
garden seeds, and furnished plans for cold frames. 



HOME ECONOMICS 

Your Chairman was also the Home Economics Director 
for Indiana under the Food Administration, and combined 
this work with the work of the Home Economics Committee 
of the Woman's Section of the State Council of Defense, using 



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the work was largely co-operative with the agents. Many of 
the counties did excellent work, but were negligent about 
sending in reports to the chairman, so the report of the year's 
work is not as complete as it should have been, 
one chairman in each county for both lines of activity. In 
the counties where there were Home Demonstration Agents 
The following were some of the activities of the committee : 




Mary L. Matthews, State Chairman 



First. The Potato Campaign, which was a piece of work 
which the Food Administration asked to have carried out. 
The County Chairmen were all sent literature giving direc- 
tions for the use of potatoes, suggestions for the campaign, 
etc., and were asked to work out methods for promoting the 
campaign which were adapted to their own counties. A great 
deal was done through the schools and by giving demonstra- 
tions before various women's organizations. There was a very 
large increase in the use of potatoes, and the crop was pretty 
well utilized before the new potatoes came on the market. 

Second. The Wheatless Campaign, in which we urged the 
women to put on a series of demonstrations in each county 
showing the use of the wheat substitutes. The County Chair- 



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men were asked to arrange the meetings and look after the 
local expenses in connection with the demonstrations. The 
demonstrators were as a rule sent out from Purdue Univer- 
sity. Many of the women were active in putting on demon- 
strations themselves, and in some places the college girls 
helped them. 

Third. During the county fairs all counties in which fairs 
were held were asked to put on a conservation exhibit. These 
exhibits were many of them extremely good and most of them 
were put on by the Home Economics Chairman unless there 
was a Home Demonstration Agent in the county. 

Fourth. A column was kept running by the Home Eco- 
nomics Chairman in the Indiana Bulletin, issued by the State 
Council of Defense. This column was copied in many of the 
county papers and seemed to be of a good deal of value. A 
good many of the County Chairmen have edited columns in 
the local newspapers giving recipes and points about conser- 
vation of food. 

Fifth. A Sugar Saving Campaign was put on during the 
canning season. Literature on the use of sugar substitutes 
was sent to all chairmen cind they were urged to put on 
demonstrations showing the use of sugar substitutes. Hun- 
dreds of bulletins on sugar saving were distributed. 

Sixth. A great many bulletins were distributed, most of 
these being supplied by the United States Food Administra- 
tion and the Extension Department of Purdue University. 

Seventh. Miscellaneous work done. In some of the coun- 
ties the women arranged to help in doing the canning in the 
factories during the busy season when enough regular help 
was not available. 

The conservation of textiles and clothing was the work 
outlined for the fall, and many counties prepared for exhibits 
of made-over clothing, talks on conservation of textiles, etc. 

The conservation of health through better home manage- 
ment was the subject of many talks during the year. 

In many cases the Food Clubs organized by the Food 
Administration were very helpful in organizing and carrying 
out the various campaigns. 

Much other work was done, it varying with the need of 
the county. The chairmen in the counties were most of them 
very active and did excellent work. 

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CHILD WELFARE 

The Child Welfare Committee was organized in the 
Woman's Section of the State Council of Defense, January, 
1918. Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon, of Evansville, was made 
chairman of this committee. Mrs. Bacon's life-long devotion 
to the interests of children, her org-anizing ability, and the 
love and respect in which she is held over the whole State, 
down to the lowliest hamlet, combined to make her choice for 
this place a most happy one, as the success of Children's Year 
in Indiana has proved. 




Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon, State Chairman 



Organization 

The state organization is made up of three committees: 
Executive, Advisory, and Honorary Committees. Mrs. James 
P. Goodrich, the wife of the Governor, is Honorary Chairman 
for the whole state child welfare work. The middle of No- 
vember, 1918, a Field Secretary was added to the staff. 

These state committees include representatives of the 
chief agencies in the State doing child welfare work: the two 
State Universities, the Board of State Charities, the State 



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Board of Health, the State Industrial Board, the State De- 
partment of Public Instruction, the Indiana Anti-Tuberculosis 
Society, the Public Health Nursing- Association, the Indiana 
Girls' School, the Indiana Boys' School, the Indiana Federa- 
tion of Women's Clubs, the American Red Cross, the Asso- 
ciation of Indiana Secretaries of Charity Organizations, the 
State Association of City Superintendents of Schools, the In- 
diana Children's Bureau, and the Boys' Working Reserve. 

Eighty-nine counties are organized with a Child Welfare 
Chairman and sub-committees reaching to all the townships. 
These chairmen report to the State Chairman, who is respon- 
sible to the Child Conservation Section of the Council of Na- 
tional Defense, through Mrs. Anne Studebaker Carlisle, Chair- 
man of the Woman's Section of the State Council of Defense. 

Plan op Work 

The committee receives general plans for work from Wash- 
ington and, after changing these plans to suit Indiana con- 
ditions, passes them on to the county organizations. It ini- 
tiates plans of its own for dealing with child welfare needs 
in the State and urges its county organizations to plan as 
much local work of their own as possible. It co-operates with 
other child welfare agencies. State and national; aids and 
encourages all proper kinds of child welfare work in the State, 
and reports the work of other agencies. 

State Meetings 

May 9, 1918, a state conference on child welfare was held 
in Indianapolis, with a program of state speakers and Miss 
Julia C. Lathrop of the Federal Children's Bureau. At Evans- 
ville in October, 1918, an entire evening session of the Indiana 
Conference of Charities and Correction was given over to child 
welfare with state speakers and Dr. Jessica B. Peixotto of 
the Child Conservation Section on the program. In Indian- 
apolis in December, 1918, an all-day meeting was held of the 
state committees and others interested in child welfare. At 
Indianapolis, the 17th of April, the work of Children's Year 
was reported by Mrs. Bacon at a meeting of all women war 
workers of the State called by Mrs. Anne Studebaker Carlisle 
to mark the formal closing of the Woman's Section of the 
State Council of Defense. At this meeting Mrs. Bacon stated 



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that the work of the Child Welfare Committee would go stead- 
ily on and announced plans for the future of the work in 
Indiana. 

Work Undertaken 

The first task undertaken by the committee was a brief 
survey of school attendance. This survey showed that prac- 
tically all children of legal school age were in school. 

The second task was the weighing and measuring drive. 
This drive roused an interest in child welfare that swept the 
State from end to end, even the backward counties joining 
the movement with the greatest enthusiasm. Total numbers 
have not yet been reported, but definite figures have been 
received that 94,814 children under six were weighed and 
measured. It is estimated that from 33% to 50% of these 
were in some way below normal. The chief defects discovered 
were diseased tonsils, adenoids, undernourishment, bad teeth, 
circumcision needed, hernia, tuberculosis, defective eyes, heart 
trouble, defective hearing. 

Definite results of this drive were apparent immediately. 
Operations were performed, defects corrected and medical 
attention secured. The follow-up work is still continuing. 
Many communities realized, as not before, the importance of 
baby health centers and public health nurses, and are making- 
efforts to secure these. 

The third task for the committees was the recreation drive. 
Counties were asked to appoint Recreation Directors. A num- 
ber of counties held patriotic celebrations the Fourth of July 
and a number celebrated "Patriotic Play Week" in the late 
summer and early fall, with various exercises, exhibits, 
pageants, etc. 

The fourth task undertaken was the Back-to-School and 
the Stay-in-School Campaigns. Because of the influenza epi- 
demic this work could not be started until the spring of 1919. 
The months of April and May find the committee still engaged 
in an investigation of the number of children between the 
ages of fourteen and sixteen out of school, and in an intensive 
publicity campaign to rouse interest in returning and retain- 
ing these children in the schools, thus laying a foundation 
for the Back-to-School Campaign to be conducted again next 
autumn. 

During January and February, 1919, the committee joined 



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forces with other agencies of the State and gave its entire 
attention to securing child welfare legislation. Some of the 
most important measures secured were: $20,000 appropria- 
tion for the fight against venereal diseases, $10,000 for a 
Department of Child Hygiene in the State Board of Health, 
$10,000 for a Division of Tuberculosis in the State Board of 
Health, $5,000 for the distribution of the Indiana Mothers' 
Bal:y Book, a provision for a Bureau of Women and Children 
in Industry in the State Industrial Board, a law for the main- 
tenance and supervision of courses in physical education in 
the elementary and high schools, a provision for the estab- 
lishment of a state farm colony for feeble-minded, a bill pro- 
viding for commitments of patients to the Indiana School for 
Feeble-Minded Youth by the circuit courts, the ratification of 
the Federal Prohibition Amendment, the establishment and 
maintenance of a free employment service, which will include 
junior placement, a bill creating a commission to study child 
welfare and social conditions, and an amendment to the Board 
of Guardians Act to permit boarding children with their own 
mothers. 

Plans for the Future 

The committee will continue as a State Committee of Child 
Welfare, working directly under the National Child Conser- 
vation Section. The immediate tasks before it are: First, 
the finishing of the Stay-in-School Campaign in preparation 
for a second Back-to-School Campaign in the autumn; second, 
a recreational program for the summer; third, a Baby-Saving 
Campaign for the summer, and, fourth, preparation for a 
legislative program for 1921. 

HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE 

The work of the Health and Recreation Committee has 
been, primarily, to guard the physical and moral welfare of 
our soldiers and sailors in every possible way while they have 
been stationed in Indiana, and to provide for them such pleas- 
ant and healthful recreation as would make them happy, con- 
tented and cheerful. 

President Wilson very wisely said : "The spirit with which 
our soldiers leave America, and their efficiency on the battle 
fronts of Europe, will be vitally affected ty the character of 



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the environment surrounding our military training camps." 
As more and more young men joined the service of the army 
and navy, and new camps were constructed all over the United 
States, the verj^ natural problem of the young girls and their 
proper relations to the men arose, and protective work on 
behalf of some of the girls became a part of the task of the 
Health and Recreation Committee. 




Mrs. George C. Hitt, State Chairman 



It is most important that the men and women of our State 
should understand that the Woman's Section of the State 
Council of Defense was a "clearing house" for the patriotic 
activities of women. The intent was to make use of any 
existing organizations, thus conserving the force of all women, 
and not creating new ones for doing the work unless it was 
absolutely necessary to do so. In some of the woman's com- 
mittees, and notably the Health and Recreation Committee, 
the work was almost entirely co-operative and not initiative. 

Through the Chairmen of the Woman's Section of the 
County Councils of Defense a Health and Recreation Chair- 
man was appointed in practically every county early in the 
year, and over fifty important state organizations of women 



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offered the patriotic services of their members in any way 
or at any time in which they might be needed. 

A great part of the health and recreation work in the 
camps has been done by the Commission on Training Camp 
Activities, which was appointed by the War Department in 
1917. This commission was composed entirely of men under 
the chairmanship of Mr. Raymond Fosdick. 

The War Camp Community Service Board of Indiana, 
under the enthusiastic leadership of Mr. Walter P. Pfaff and 
an efficient corps of assistants, was untiring in its efforts to 
furnish every form of entertainment and pleasure to the men 
stationed in Indianapolis and in four or five other cities in 
the State. 

Mrs. Ralph Kennington of this board was the Marion 
County Chairman of the Health and Recreation Committee. 

The soldiers and sailors have especially appreciated and 
enjoyed the cordial and friendly hospitality they have received 
in many private families during their stay in Indiana. 

The Woman's Civic League volunteered to take over the 
delicate and important "protective" work which might be 
necessary in the care of young girls who were about the camps 
and en the streets without chaperonage. 

In response to a bulletin that was sent out by the State 
Chairman to the county chairmen of the Health and Recrea- 
tion Committee in April, 1918, many thousands of good books 
were secured for the service libraries, and the chairmen of 
Lagrange and Dearborn counties sent generous checks for the 
purchase of the newest books on technical subjects for the 
use of the soldiers. 

Women from all over the State gladly sent contributions 
of soap, jelly, fruits, eggs, butter, etc., to be used for the 
comfort of the invalids during the influenza panic. 

In the limited space of this report it is impossible to speak 
of all the organizations and individuals who have so compe- 
tently assisted the Health and Recreation Committee to ac- 
complish its work, but the State Chairman of this committee 
desires to thank every one who has helped in this patriotic 
task. She desires to state, in conclusion, that the Hotel Albert 
on East Ohio Street has been fitted up for a club house for 
soldiers and sailors as long as it may be needed, and the 
Y. W. C. A. built a "hostess house" at Fort Benjamin Harrison. 



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LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE 

Mrs. Alice Foster McCulloch, State Chairman 

The Woman's Liberty Loan Committee of Indiana was 
created late in September, 1917, just as the second Liberty 
Loan Campaign opened. With so Httle time to create an 
organization it was impossible to appoint county chairmen for 
all the counties in the State, and in only about a third of the 
counties were there active branches of this committee. Even 
with such a small percentage of the women at work, the 
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee was able to report that 
the bonds sold through that committee amounted to over 
$6,000,000. 

The work of this committee for the year from January, 
1918, to January, 1919, has included two Liberty Loan cam- 
paigns — the third and fourth. In the first campaign, which 
extended from April 6th to May 4th, every county in the 
State, with one exception, had an active chairman, who per- 
fected and directed an organization composed entirely of 
v/omen in her county. The sales of the women's organization 
were kept separate from the men's organization and totaled 
$23,596,850, 37% of the entire quota and 25% of all bonds 
actually sold. 

With few exceptions, county chairmen were reappointed 
to serve during the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, only six- 
teen chairmen out of the entire ninety-two handing in their 
resignations, either because of ill health or because of a 
change in residence. The women showed the same devotion 
to the cause and worked as untiringly as during the third 
drive. Because of the decision of many counties to use the 
volunteer or allotment plan, the women's organization was 
merged more closely with that of the men. In many counties 
no separate account was made of the women's sales, an agree- 
ment having been made to credit the women's organization 
with 50% of the total receipts. This was true in fifty- three 
counties. The amount of sales credited to the women's organ- 
ization for these counties was $51,098,030. In the remaining 
counties, the women had well-defined women's organizations 
and sold only to women or made a house-to-house canvass and 
the totals are for actual sales. These amount to $17,822,191. 
From data which has been collected we find that over 22,000 



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women in Indiana were actively engaged in the work of float- 
ing Liberty Bonds. 

During both campaigns Mrs. Jessie Fremont Croan, of 
Anderson, served as state organizer, conducting helpful meet- 
ings in the different counties, at which she explained the 
organization and work of the Woman's Liberty Loan Com- 
mittee and brought home to the workers the great part that 
the women might play in this particular form of war work. 

Mrs. William Herschell, of Indianapolis, directed the Pub- 
licity Bureau and was able to reach the women of the State 
by sending articles to papers in every county in the State. 
In this way everj^ county knew what was being done in the 
other counties and a friendly spirit of rivalry was created. 

Mrs. Fred W. Lauenstein, as one of the vice-chairmen of 
the state committee, assumed active supervision of the twenty- 
four counties in the southern part of the State which lie in 
the Eighth Federal Reserve Banking District. The women in 
that district sold $3,348,400 in the Third Liberty Loan. Their 
sales in the Fourth Loan amounted to $6,172,786. 

Miss Mabel C. Pettigrew and Mrs. Horace C. Stillwell, of 
Anderson, also served as vice-chairmen, each of them super- 
vising work in a part of the counties in the Seventh Federal 
Reserve District. 

The Woman's Liberty Loan Committee is indebted to the 
Woman's Section of the State and County Councils of Defense 
for the help and co-operation which they gave, both in the 
organization of the county units and in the active work of 
floating the loan. The Fourteen-Minute Women spoke at 
meetings both large and small in both loans. 

Women's organizations all over the State aided materially 
by canvassing their organizations as such and encouraging 
their members to take part in the local campaigns. 

The splendid results by this committee are due not to any 
one woman or group of women, but to all the women of 
Indiana who worked faithfully and conscientiously, whether 
their part was to sell bonds, to do clerical work, to make 
speeches, or to act on the Advisory Committee. 



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HOME AND FOREIGN RELIEF 

Mrs. Arthur B. Grover, State Chairman 

The report of the Home and Foreign ReUef Committee is 
necessarily brief, because the work which would naturally be 
taken care of by this committee is practically covered by the 
American Red Cross, Y. W. C. A., War Work Council, Travel- 
ers' Aid, French Relit^f and other organizations. Not only 
does the stupendous task of caring for the military forces 
and the refugees overseas belong to -the Red Cross, but also 
caring for those in service in this country and the families 
left behind. 

The work of the Red Cross Home Service includes not 
only material helps, but other services, such as correspond- 
ence concerning allotments or allowances, locating soldiers or 
the relatives of soldiers. 

In July, 1918, the announcement came from the Woman's 
Committee of the Council of National Defense that they had 
been instructed to secure 25,000 student nurses to be assigned 
to the military and civilian hospitals throughout the United 
States, and advising that Indiana's quota was 1,500. The 
drive to secure this number continued from July 29th to 
August 11th, and the result was 1,030 applicants, which we 
considered a good showing when taken in connection with 
the fact that the applicants were asked to defray all expenses 
of equipment and transportation, etc. The Woman's Com- 
mittee of the Council of National Defense advised us that 
three States surpassed the quota assigned to them, three 
others made over 85%, and sixteen States over 50%. Indiana 
secured practicalh'' 69% of her quota. 

The report from the Indianapolis Chapter of the Father- 
less Children of France shows that by their efforts during 
the past year over 800 orphans have been adopted in this 
State. This number includes new names and the renewal of 
previous annual pledges. 

The French Relief, branch of the American Fund for 
French Wounded, reports an average monthly shipment of 
1,254 hospital garments, 674 miscellaneous articles and 565 
civilian garments. 



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COMMITTEE ON MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING SOCIAL 
SERVICE AGENCIES 

(Abbreviated Eeport, November, 1917-November 12, 1918.) 

The purpose of this committee was that of maintaining 
the same standards of social service activities during- the war 
as existed during peace. The first duty of the State Chair- 
man of this committee was that of securing the appointment 
of a representative of the committee in each county, and as 
a result of much correspondence the committee consisted of 
seventy-five County Chairmen. 




Miss Vida Newsom, State Chairman 



1. The first work of the committee was to ascertain to 
what extent the social service agencies in the State were 
affected by the w^ar. Accordingly, a questionnaire, prepared 
by the Council of National Defense, was sent to each County 
Chairman, requesting that a copy of same be forwarded to 
each social service agency in her county and that a report 
be made to the State Chairman of the results thus obtained. 
Forty-seven more or less complete reports were received from 
County Chairmen. Many of these note that the resources 



of certain social service agencies, financially and in workers, 
had been curtailed on account of the war. Besides the lack 
of funds for carrying' on the work properly, among the spe- 
cific needs of the various agencies listed in the replies to the 
questionnaire were those for the district nurse, for volunteer 
workers, assistance with clerical work, and for motor service. 
The county members were referred to the records of the 
County Chairman for registration of women for war service, 
in the hope that these might supply the helpers for the par- 
ticular service needed. A few County Chairmen were fairly 
successful in supplying volunteer workers, auto service and 
clerical aid to the social service agencies in their communities. 

2. The committee emphasized the importance of conserv- 
ing these agencies for safeguarding the public welfare, at as 
many public meetings as possible. To this end the State 
Chairman presented this subject at several of the waj; con- 
ferences earh^ in the year. She gave a short talk on the 
purpose, plans and accomplishments of the committee, in June, 
at Washington, Ind., at the annual meeting of the Municipal 
League of Indiana, making a plea for the co-operation of the 
mayors and other city officials in the work of this committee 
in their own communities. At the request of the local com- 
mittee of the recent State Conference of Charities and Cor- 
rection, the State Chairman of this committee gave a fifteen- 
minute talk on the importance of the committee work, on 
Sunday evening, October 7, at the Olivet Presbyterian Church 
in Evansville. During the months of April and May the 
subject was presented by the County Chairmen of the Com- 
mittee at seven conventions of the District Federation of 
Women's Clubs and at one County Federation convention. 

3. A Luncheon Round Table of the committee was held 
on October 7 at the Y. W. C. A. building at Evansville during 
the State Conference of Charities and Correction. Short 
addresses were made by Mr. Amos W. Butler, Mrs. Anne 
Studebaker Carlisle, Prof. Donald DuShane and Miss Virginia 
R. Wing, of Cleveland, Ohio, who spoke on "The Co-operation 
of the Home Service and the Maintenance of Existing Social 
Service Agencies Committee." Mr. Butler's topic was "The 
Tools That We Have." An informal discussion followed, in 
which every member of the committee and many others took 
part and during which time Mr. Butler rendered much assist- 



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ance in answering questions and making- suggestions about 
various phases of the committee work. 

The meeting was a success in point of attendance as well 
^s- in interest. Fourteen County Committee Chairmen were 
present, besides a number of others interested in the com- 
mittee work, making a total of about forty-five women and 
men, representing twenty-five dilferent counties, in attend- 
ance at the Luncheon Round Table. 

4. This committee was recognized by the Board of State 
Charities in the conference program, about fifteen members 
of the committee, representing different sections of the State, 
having been listed as one of the State Conference committees, 
and the State Council of Defense Committee meetings, at 
Evansville, being scheduled as one of the sessions of the State 
Conference of Charities and Correction, all of which served 
to emphasize our committee efforts and create interest in 
the work. 

Through the courtesy of the Board of State Charities, 
also, our committee members have each been supplied with 
a copy of the State Directory of the Charitable and Correc- 
tional Social Agencies, which has been very helpful to the 
State Chairman and the committee members in carrying on 
the committee work. 

5. At the request of the Secretary of the Board of State 
Charities, the State Chairman of this committee prepared 
an article of about 300 words on "The Importance of Recrea- 
tion in the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency," as one of 
the contributions from social workers in the State and else- 
where, to be included in the publication of a pamphlet on 
"Juvenile Delinquency," to be used by the ministers of the 
State in the observance of "Prison Sunday," October 27. A 
copy of this pamphlet with a letter was sent to each member 
of my committee, requesting their co-operation with the Board 
of State Charities in the distribution of the literature among 
the ministers of their county, in order that "Prison Sunday," 
a social service agency of long standing, might be observed 
this year as heretofore. 

6. While this committee was concerned more especially 
with the maintenance of existing social agencies, where the 
agencies authorized by law do not exist it is the desire and 
purpose of the committee to have them appointed. To this 



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end a letter was sent to each of the fourteen County Chair- 
men whose counties lack either a Board of County Charities 
or a Board of Children's Guardians, or both, referring them 
to the laws pertaining to the appointment of these county 
boards, requesting that they take up the matter with the 
judge and endeavor to have the boards appointed, and that 
they report to the State Chairman of this committee the 
results of their efforts. 

EDUCATIONAL PROPAGANDA 

(November, 1917-November, 1918.) 

The object of this department as set forth by the National 
Headquarters was "to strive to counteract the anti-war feel- 
ing and the existing apathy toward the war." To spread 




Katharine Merrill Graydon, State Chairman 



authoritative information seemed the best method for accom- 
plishing this purpose ; therefore, to her organized counties the 
Chairman made the following suggestion: 

1. That the reading list of books and articles on "Pa- 
triotism" issued by the New York Public Library be spread 



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among the schools and be used in connection with the Eng- 
lish Departments. 

2. That the pupils of every school should hear at least 
once a term a stirring address on patriotism or some subject 
pertaining to the cause for which the Allies were fighting. 

3. ''An Appeal to the Patriotism of Students" to remain 
in school was widely distributed to the students of the State. 

4. The forming of adult classes for women for the study 
of current topics and vital questions of the war was en- 
couraged. 

5. All clubs were encouraged to present programs which 
would have bearing upon the war. As assistance to those 
clubs which cared for it, a list of suggestive subjects was 
prepared, and in pamphlet form under the title of "War Sub- 
jects for Club Programs" one thousand were sent out. 

6. As no institution plays a more conspicuous part in 
the spreading of information and the forming of intelligent 
opinion than the library, all County Chairmen were urged to 
see that the libraries in their domain were meeting their 
largest privilege. 

7. The War Information Series was encouraged to be in 
every school, in every library, in every home. 

8. The Chairman brought to Indianapolis, on February 
12, Miss Helen Fraser, of London. Miss Fraser was sent by 
Mr. Lloyd George to carry a message from the women of 
England to the women of America. 

9. Twenty-five thousand letters were written by the 
Chairman and sent to the children of the State. 

10. A program of educative value, consisting of moving 
pictures of the war and a patriotic address, was prepared 
and encouraged, especially for rural districts. 

11. A list of themes for graduating essays was sent to 
high schools as suggestive. 

12. In May a report was asked for from each County 
Chairman. The work done by this committee has been his- 
tory, and the im.portance of keeping an account of it seemed 
self-evident. A solemn appeal was made to each Chairman 
to enter into this work with all the enthusiasm, resource, 
devotion of her nature, and with county pride and genuine 
patriotism to give expression in this report worthy of the 
work done. 



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13. Encouragement was given to each Chairman to bring 
into her Fourth of July celebration all foreign-born elements 
in her community. 

14. It was suggested that throughout the summer, in any 
gathering of people, there become during the day some 
patriotic exercises in which all join, as singing, speeches, 
pageants, plays, etc. 

15. As in the summer it became daily more apparent 
that educational information about the war should be carried 
to every rural community, suggestion was made that a quiet, 
tactful, informal, personal campaign be carried on, not only 
in schoolhouses, but in yards and hayfields and even by the 
roadsides. 

16. At the request of the Association of American Col- 
leges, the Chairman was asked to see how many Indiana col- 
leges would grant scholarships sufficient in value to cover all 
collegiate expenses for French young women whom the Gov- 
ernment of France would send to the United States. In addi- 
tion to Earlham College and DePauw University, which had 
already expressed a willingness to grant two scholarships 
each, the following institutions granted scholarships: 

Butler College, two scholarships. 
Franklin College, two scholarships. 
Purdue University, two scholarships. 
St. Mary of Notre Dame, two scholarships. 
St. Mary of the Woods, seven scholarships. 
In all, nineteen scholarships for Indiana. 

17. A pamphlet of "War Readings" was prepared by the 
Chairman for the use of colleges and schools and distributed 
throughout the State. 

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE 

The Publicity Committee of the Woman's Section, State 
Council of Defense, was organized May 1, 1918, for the pur- 
pose of disseminating over the State instructions on war work 
for women from the National Council at Washington and the 
Woman's Section, State Council of Defense, at Indianapolis, 
and of giving the women of each county in Indiana informa- 
tion as to what the women of other counties were doing in 
the way of war work, thus aiding in the co-ordination and 



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proper carrying' on of the work of every committee of the 
Woman's Section. 

The committee consisted of Mrs. Albert Rabb, Chairman, 
assisted by Mrs. Bernard Korbly, Miss Myrtle Johnson, Miss 
Fay Banta and Miss Sue Howe. During the enforced absence 
of the Chairman during the months of August and Septem- 
ber, the entire work was done by Mrs. Korbly and Miss 
Johnson. 




Mrs. Albert Rabb, State Chairman 



The purpose of the committee was to make the State 
Publicity Committee a clearing house for news from the vari- 
ous counties of the State and from Washington headquarters. 

The working plan was, briefly, as follows: To have a pub- 
licity chairman appointed in every county by the woman 
member of the County Council of Defense, whose duties should 
be to publish in the county papers whatever news was sent 
to her by the State Publicity Committee, and in turn to send 
to the State Committee all items of interest concerning the 
war work of the women of that county. 

To assist in the work, the Publicity Committee sent out 
to the County Publicity Chairmen each week a News-Letter 

3-1 366 



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containing items of interest concerning war work over the 
State and news and instructions from Washington headquar- 
ters. These items the Pubhcity Chairman was instructed to 
have pubhshed in her county papers each week. The State 
Committee carefully went through, each week, the reports 
sent in from the counties, each member of the committee 
having certain subjects assigned to her, as food production, 
registration, etc., and from these reports prepared articles for 
the Indianapolis papers and for the National News Committee 
at Washington, and chose items for use in the News-Letter. 
Contributions were made each week also on reports of the 
county work to the Woman's Section column of "The Indiana 
Bulletin of War Activities and Food Regulations." 

Each week the State Publicity Committee sent to the 
Washington News Committee brief statements of unique and 
interesting work along various lines, and was assured that 
all these items were made use of in various publications. 

Accounts of the Fourteen-Minute Women's Speakers' Bu- 
reau, with a picture of its organizer, appeared, through the 
committee, in the Woman's Home Companion and The Pic- 
torial Review. 

The first number of the Community Department of The 
Delineator (March, 1919), was devoted entirely to Indiana 
women's war activities, containing an account of Spencer 
County's Community Canner and a gardening experiment at 
Richmond, Indiana. 

Acknowledgment must here be made of the co-operation 
of the city and county papers of this State, to whose gen- 
erous help in every way, particularly in the many drives, 
child welfare. Red Cross nurses, etc., much of the success of 
the work was due. 

In a fine and comprehensive article, entitled "State Press 
Mirrors Women's Work," by Miss Myrtle Johnson of the Pub- 
licity Committee, published in The Indianapolis Star, she pays 
tribute to this co-operation of the press of the State and also 
to the efficient publicity women of the counties, saying: "The 
record of Indiana women's war work accumulated by the 
publicity women of our State alone, makes unique and inter- 
esting history." 



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WOMEN IN INDUSTRY 

When the Indiana Committee on Women in Industry of 
the State Council of Defense was first appointed Mrs. Mabel 
Many, head of the Garment Workers' Union, was made Chair- 
man. Finding that she would be unable to give the needed 
time to the work, Mrs. Many resigned late in December, 1918, 
and Miss Eleanor P. Barker was made Chairman. 




Miss Eleanor P. Barker, State Chairman 

The Women in Industry Service, United States Depart- 
ment of Labor, had just completed its survey of industrial 
conditions in Indiana, and the Indiana committee immediately 
availed itself of the help and material so generously supplied 
from Washington. Nine conferences were planned for the 
largest industrial centers in the State. Here the state com- 
mittee tried to bring together union and nonunion workers, 
employer and employee, representatives of civic and social 
organizations, for a free discussion of the following bills: 

1. A limitation of the hours of labor for women, the 
eight-hour day being the ideal toward which all should work. 

2. An adequate child labor bill. 

3. A bureau of women and children created under the 
Industrial Board, to consist of a woman director and three 
assistants. 



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4. A bill reorg-anizing the Industrial Board, giving it 
power to make rulings over conditions. 

Such conferences were held at Richmond, Fort Wayne, 
South Bend, Hammond, Kokomo, Terre Haute, Evansville, 
Anderson and Indianapolis. Miss Agnes Peterson of the 
Women in Industry Service, United States Department of 
Labor, and Miss Anne Davis of the Children's Bureau spoke 
at each of these conferences. 

A two-day conference was held in Indianapolis, and this 
committee was able to present to the delegates such speakers 
as Miss Mary Van Kleeck, National Chairman of the Women 
in Industry Service, United States Department of Labor; Miss 
Agnes Nestor, President of the Woman's Trade Union League 
of Chicago, and Mrs. Raymond Robins, together with repre- 
sentatives from our neighboring States of Ohio, Illinois and 
Kentucky. 

One of the most unique and successful meetings of the 
Indianapolis conference was the army dinner at Tomlinson 
Hall. A canteen supper was served and the women war work- 
ers from all the leading industries came directly from their 
work, some in overalls, to join in the community sing and 
together consider the industrial problems of today. 

Over three thousand copies of the industrial survey made 
in Indiana by the Women in industry Service were distributed 
through the Indiana committee, and enough public interest 
aroused to establish permanent committees in a number of 
the conference towns. 

Only one bill on the industrial program was passed by the 
Legislature, and that in such form that its value is extremely 
doubtful. Passed as a part of the appropriation bill was a 
provision for a division of women and children under the 
Industrial Board, with a woman director as head of the divi- 
sion. No definite number of assistants is named and no spe- 
cial appropriation is made to carry on the work. This means 
that the whole fight must come again in the next Legislature, 
but the value of the work done by this committee lies in the 
fact that enough interest has been aroused to keep the prob- 
lems alive in the public mind, so that when these same bills 
again come up for consideration there will be sufficient under- 
standing of their importance to insure their passage in the 
next session. 



"FOURTEEN-MINUTE WOMEN" SPEAKERS' BUREAU 

OF INDIANA 

Believing that the women speakers of Indiana could and 
should be an influence in disseminating knowledge and facts 
concerning the world war and in arousing the people of the 
State to a sense of their duty in carrying out war measures, 
Mrs. Julia C. Henderson of Indianapolis conceived the idea 
and began the organization of a group of speakers known as 
the "Fourteen-Minute Women" of Indiana. 




Mrs. Julia C. Henderson, State Chairman 

The organization was begun in Marion County to advance 
the work of the Food Administration, and so effective and 
so helpful was the bureau found to be that suggestion was 
made by Dr. H. E. Barnard, Federal Food Administrator for 
Indiana, that the State be organized as had Marion County. 
At about the same time Mrs. Anne Studebaker Carlisle, Chair- 
man of the Woman's Section of the State Council of Defense, 
realizing that the work was most important and helpful, 
appealed to the Chairman to bring the work under the Wom- 
an's Section of the State Council, where she felt it rightfully 
belonged, since it was distinctly a woman's work. 



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After conferring- together, Dr. Barnard and Mrs. Carlisle 
decided that the bureau should have its place in the Woman's 
Section, with the consent of its Chairman, but that the food 
work should be advanced by the speakers along with the many 
other war activities in which the women were so vitally in- 
terested. 

Consequently the organization of the State was begun by 
counties, each County Chairman of the Woman's Section being 
asked to appoint at least ten speakers for her county, the 
County Chairman or her appointee to schedule such speakers 
where most needed, the State Chairman to furnish them with 
such data in the way of literature and helps as would equip 
them for the work in hand. The work of the bureau was, 
largely, to advance the interests of the various committees of 
the Woman's Section. 

The speakers have been especially successful in advancing 
the Child Welfare Work, the Registration of Women for War 
Service, Food Conservation, United States Student Nurse Re- 
serve, Red Cross, United States Boys' Working Reserve, and 
like war activities. 

The bureau was also in demand by large organizations, 
formed for the furthering of war interests and war meas- 
ures, in which it was desired the whole people should have 
a part. To this end the speakers were used in two Liberty 
Loan Campaigns, were sought by the "United War Work 
Campaign" and the "War Victory Commission" of the Gen- 
eral Federation of Women's Clubs, and stood ready at all 
times to raise their voices in behalf of their country's good. 

At a state conference of the bureau held in May, 1918, at 
the Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis, reports showed that the 
remotest parts of every county organized had been covered 
by the "Fourteen-Minute Women" speakers. 

A yearly report of work actually accomplished reveals the 
fact that thousands of speeches have been made throughout 
the State, with results which have been far beyond the high- 
est hopes of the Chairman or those most interested. The 
number of county v/ar conferences covered by capable women 
speakers from the bureau was seventy-four out of the ninety- 
two counties of the State. In some of the counties the war 
conferences were not held. 

The women of Indiana, thus unified and equipped for effec- 
tive, concentrated war service, made a remarkable record. 



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The work of the bureau was purely voluntary, from the 
Chairman to the last woman appointed. The tremendous 
work in putting such a venture through, the talent, time and 
energy of the speakers, all has been given most generously, 
as a patriotic contribution by the women of Indiana to their 
country and to their State in its hour of need. 



AMERICANIZATION 

On May 2nd, 1918, at a meeting called by Mrs. Carlisle, 
representatives of the different state women's organizations 
met to organize for concerted work in Americanization. Mrs. 



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Arthur S. Hurrell of Indianapolis was elected permanent 
Chairman and became a member of the Executive Committee 
of the Woman's Section. A committee was appointed to 
divide the organizations into units, each unit to be responsible 
for a definite phase of the work and the combined units to 
make a complete whole to cover the field, the purpose being 
to unify our nation in language, ideals and allegiance. 

The working basis of Mrs. Hurrell's plan consisted of six 



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essential units: Educational extension^ social service, indus- 
trial work, health standards, naturalization, and war infor- 
mation. 

The Americanization work was well under way when Mrs. 
Hurrell, on August 17th, resigned to take up her residence in 
the East. A State Chairman to succeed her was not appointed 
until October 14th, when Mrs. Arthur Charles of Richmond 
accepted the chairmanship. Mrs. Charles took up the work 
where Mrs. Hurrell had left it, issued bulletins and was get- 
ting her committee well in hand when the armistice was 
signed, after which our part of the work was taken over by 
other agencies. 

ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE 




Mrs. Ovid B. Jameson, State Chairman 



The Entertainment Committee was organized in April, 
1918, with Mrs. Ovid B. Jameson as Chairman. This com- 
mittee took over the management of the social affairs in con- 
nection with conferences, meetings, luncheons, etc., that were 
held by the Woman's Section. 



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THE MOTOR CORPS OF INDIANA 

In May, 1918, the Woman's Section of the Indiana State 
Council of Defense appointed Mrs. Samuel Ralston and Mrs. 
Helen Dean to organize the Motor Corps of Indiana, with 
Mrs. Dean as Commanding Officer. 

In accordance with the policy of the State Council to assist 
all branches of war work, the purpose of this organization of 
women motor drivers was to expedite war work by serving 
all accredited war organizations. 




Colonel Helen Dean, State Commanding Officer 



In June, owing to the scope of the work, the State was 
divided into three sections, with Miss Catherine Oliver of 
South Bend in command of the northwestern section. Mrs. 
Dean was commissioned Colonel and Miss Oliver, Major, by 
Governor Goodrich. 

Each county corps was organized with the co-operation 
of the woman member of the County Council, and the Com- 
mander of the corps was appointed on her nomination. All 
officers, after giving satisfactory service foi' a specified period, 
received commissions from the Governor. 



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The two branches of .service were military and auxihary. 
The service was the same for both, except in amount, but 
the miHtary wore regulation khaki uniforms. Drill and a 
mechanical course were compulsory for the military and 
optional with the auxiliary members. 

Mr. Carl Fisher donated beautifully equipped headquarters 
for the State Commander and the Marion County corps. Mr. 
Harry Stutz gave the corps a splendid Stutz ambulance. 

In order to bring the corps into even closer touch with 
the organizations it served, the Woman's Section in August 
appointed an Advisory Board, including Mrs. Samuel Ralston 
(representing the Council), Mrs. William Elder (representing 
the Red Cross), Mrs. Samuel Murdock (representing the 
Canteen), Mrs. Thomas Kackley (representing the Young 
Women's Christian Association), and the wife of the Com- 
mandant at Fort Harrison. 

On October 10th the Woman's Section offered the State 
Corps to the Lake Division of the Red Cross. This action 
was taken because, on account of the Red Cross hospital and 
canteen work, it was necessary for the Red Cross to have its 
own motor corps, and the Council of Defense believed, in the 
interest of patriotic efficiency, there should not be two corps 
in the State. Word of the acceptance of the corps was received 
October 28th, and, on the recommendation of Mr. Foley and 
Mrs. Carlisle, the Red Cross appointed Colonel Dean to organ- 
ize a Red Cross Motor Corps in Indiana. 

During the five months of its organization and service 
under the Woman's Section, the corps made fine progress. 
It grew to a membership of about 700 members, including 
corps in seventeen counties. Additional corps were in the 
process of organization. In September the corps answered 
over 700 calls, served about 2,500 hours, with a mileage report 
of about 8,500 miles. It received commendation for service 
during the Fourth Liberty Loan. 

During the recent influenza epidemic some county corps 
were on night duty with ambulance calls and transportation 
of doctors, nurses and oxygen tanks, in addition to the heavy 
day service necessary. 



REPORTS OF COUNTY COUNCILS 

Women's Section, State Council of Defense 



ADAMS COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Mary E. Artman, Decatur 

Executive Committee, County Chaio-vien of Com^mittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Anna E. McConnell, Decatur. 

Food Production .' . . , .Miss Leota Beery, Decatur. 

Home Economics Mrs. Mary E. Artman, Decatur. 

Child Welfare Mrs. William A. Lower, Decatur. 

Health and Recreation Dr. Elizabeth Burns, Decatur. 

Food Administration Miss Leota Beery, Decatur. 

Liberty Loan ' . Fay Smith Knapp, Decatur. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Paul Marsh, Decatur. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. E. K. Shalley, Decatur. 

Home and Foreign Relief Dr. Elizabeth Burns, Decatur. 

Publicity Jesse Magley, Decatur. 

Americanization Mrs. Canna Fritztoe, Decatur. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Cora Downs, Decatur. 

Adams County was further organized by townships, a 
Chairman in each township. Following is a partial report of 
what was accomplished through the splendid co-operation of 
all the women: 

In Socks for Soldiers' Campaign, 300 pairs were made. 

Women registered for war service, 4,009. 

Babies examined, 2,460. 

Speeches by Fourteen-Minute Women, 28. 

Food demonstrations, 2 days. 

Attendance at demonstrations, 100 women. 

Food clubs, 10. 

Collected for Red Cross, Decatur Chapter, $26,033.03. 

In the Liberty Loan drives the women exceeded their 
quota in every instance. 



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ALLEN COUNTY 

Chairman, MRS. A. J. Detzer, Fort Wayne 

Executive Covtmittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. E. M. Wilson, Fort Wayne. 

Food Production Mrs. H. G. Keegan, Fort Wayne. 

Home Economics Mrs. F. M. Cutshall, Fort Wayne. 

Child Welfare Dr. Jessica C. Calvin, Fort Wayne. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. J. B. Crankshaw, Fort 

Wayne. 

Food Administration Mrs. F. H. Cutshall, Fort Wayne. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Margaret McPhail, Fort 

Wayne. 

Home and Foreign Relief Miss Margaret Vesey, Fort Wayne. 

Publicity Mrs. A. J. Detzer, Fort Wayne. 

Women in Industry Miss Ignota White, Fort Wayne. 

Americanization Mrs. Paul Mossman, Fort Wayne. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Robert Harding, Fort Wayne. 

Number of women registered for service, 23,259. 

Excellent results were obtained from the examination of 
children under six years of age, the most important of which 
was the establishing- of a new swimming pool, well supervised, 
and a free clinic. The free clinic was equipped and is main- 
tained by the Junior Red Cross. 

Women were most active in Red Cross work and the 
various drives. In the Fourth Liberty Loan there were 797 
women workers, who were credited with $3,882,500. In the 
Third Liberty Loan the Woman's Committee was credited 
with subscriptions amounting to $1,542,700. 

BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Herriott Crump Overstreet, Columbus; Mrs. Mary 

Best, Columbus 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Co'>nmittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. 0. G. Patterson, Columbus. 

Food Production . Mrs. Will Newsom, Columbus. 

Home Economics Mrs. Elnora Herzsch, Columbus. 

Child Welfare Mrs. S. H. Morrison, Columbus. 

Health and Recreation Dr. Bertha A. Clouse, Columbus. 

Food Administration Mrs. Franz Best, Columbus. 

Liberty Loan Miss Vida Newsom, Columbus. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Miss Vida Newsom, Columbus. 



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Educational Propaganda Mrs. H. C. Clay, Columbus. 

Publicity Mrs. Mary Best, Columbus. 

Women in Industry Mrs. Lucretia Condo, Columbus. 

Americanization Mrs. Mai-y Best, Columbus. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. E. E. Edenburn, Columbus. 

The Woman's Section of this County Council was organized 
in November, 1917, with Mrs. Harriott Crump Overstreet of 
Columbus as the Chairman, The organization developed under 
Mrs. Overstreet's direction, but on account of ill health she 
was forced to resign in May, 1918, when Mrs. Mary Best was 
appointed to succeed her. 

Women registered for war service, 7,846. 

Amount credited to women in Liberty Loan drives, $718,575. 

Speeches by Fourteen-Minute Women, 14. 

Food canning demonstrations, 16. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed (approximately), 3,500. 

Food clubs, 35. 

Through the examination of children under six years of 
age many children with adenoids, bad teeth, infected tonsils, 
etc., were discovered and helped. 



BENTON COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Lilly Petree, Oxford 

Executive Comwdttee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. A. J. Kitt, Fowler. 

Food Production Mrs. James Barr, Earl Park. 

Home Economics Mrs. James Barr, Earl Park. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Nelle Vannatte, Earl Park. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. David Heath, Oxford. 

Food Administration Mrs. Fannie McConnel, Oxford. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. James E. Petree, Oxford. 

Mrs. Samuel Witrow, Oxford. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Margaret Blessing, Oxford. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. James Petree, Oxford. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Everett Mavity, Fowler. 

Women in Industry Mrs. Florence Smith, Otterbein. 

Publicity Mrs. Lilly W. Petree, Oxford. 

Americanization Mrs. Lilly Petree, Oxford. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. A. J. Kitt, Fowler. 

Women registered for war service, 2,843. 

Amount credited to women in Fourth Liberty Loan, $393,825. 

Third Liberty Loan, $157,100. 



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BLACKFORD COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. C. V. Ritter, Hartford City 
Executive Committee, County Chair7nen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service . . . Mrs. L. A. Burk, Hartford City. 

Food Production Mrs. Josephine Clippinger, Hart- 
ford City. 

Home Economics Miss Nellie Favorite, Hartford 

City. 

Child Welfare Mrs. A. G. Lupton, Hartford City. 

Health and Recreation Dr. Ella Hollis, Hartford City. 

Food Administration Mrs. Lew Wooster, Montpelier. 

Liberty Loan Cynthia Willman, Hartford City. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Anette Kerr, Hartford City. 

Educational Propaganda Minta Fordney, Hartford City. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Gustav Andre, Hartford City. 

Publicity Mrs. C. Ritter, Hartford City. 

Special Committee Mrs. Carrie Nolan, Hartford City. 

Americanization Mrs. Emma R. Meyers, Hartford 

City. 

Fourteen-Minute Women .Miss Margaret Harvy, Hartford 

City. 

Women registered for war service, 2,543. 

Babies examined, 1,000. 

Speeches by Fourteen-Minute Women, 100. 

Canning and war bread demonstrations, 65. 

Leaflets distributed, 2,500. 

Food clubs, 34. 

Credited to women in Liberty Loan Drives, $485,000. 

Collected by women and children for War Savings Stamps, $8,000. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 567. 

Magazines sent soldiers and sailors to value of, $48. 

First aid classes, 5. 

Made for Red Cross and Allied Relief, 41,974 articles. 

BOONE COUNTY 

Chairman, Miss Mayme E. Sheridan, Lebanon 

Eo:ecutive Conmdttee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. W. O. Darnell, Lebanon. 

Food Production Miss Jane Wood, Lebanon. 

Home Economics Miss Lydia Bell, Lebanon. 

Child Welfare Miss Lydia Bell, Lebanon. 

Health and Recreation Miss Agnes Walker, Lebanon. 

Food Administration Mrs. Lillian Comley, Lebanon. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Sam Heath, Lebanon. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Ben McKey, Lebanon. 



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Educational Propaganda Mrs. Ella Shumate, Lebanon. 

Publicity Miss Mayme E. Sheridan, Lebanon. 

Women in Industry Miss June Flannigan, Lebanon. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Miss Ruth Campbell, Lebanon. 

Women registered for war service, 4,846. 

Credited to women in Fourth Liberty Loan Drive, $465,950. 

Third Liberty Loan, $185,300. 

BROWN COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Estella Hooper, Nashville; Mrs. Ada W. Shulz, 

Nashville. 

Executive Covimittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Ada W. Shulz, Nashville. 

Food Production Mrs. Grace Turner, Nashville. 

Home Economics Mrs. Katie Woods, Nashville. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Vivian Miller, Nashville. 

Food Administration Mrs. Leila David, Nashville. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Vivian Miller, Nashville. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. George Allison, Nashville. 

Home and Foreign Relief Miss Olive Kelp, Nashville. 

Publicity Mrs. Helen Allison, Nashville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Scott Moser, Morgantown. 

Women's Section organized March, 1918. 

Women registered for war service, 1,490. 

Collected for War Savings Stamp Campaign, approximately $4,990. 

Speeches made by Fourteen-Minute Women, 20. 

Food demonstrations, 4. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 3,855. 

Food clubs, 11. 

Third Liberty Loan Campaign, $3,750. 

Mrs. Estella Hooper was appointed Chairman of the 
Woman's Section of this county, but soon removed from the 
county, and at the request of the Woman's Section of the 
State Council of Defense, Mrs. Ada Shulz of Nashville as- 
sumed charge. Under Mrs. Shulz's direction the Woman's 
Section became very active and excellent results were ob- 
tained. We must not fail to take into consideration the fact 
that Brown County has no railroads, and has many hills, 
which makes it extremely difficult to go from place to place. 
To overcome this difficulty Mrs. Shulz organized what she 
called her "messengers." These messengers were girls and 
boys who rode horseback and who were ready at all times 
to carry her messages, etc., to the members of her food clubs 
and other committees. The largest town in this county has 
less than three hundred inhabitants. 



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CLARK COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Fannie Pile Sparks, Jeffei-sonville 

First Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Newton Myers, Jeffersonville. 
Second Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Harry Fry, Jeffersonville. 
Third Vice-Chairman, Miss Clara Warman, Jeffersonville. 
Recording Secretary, Mrs. George Dunham, Jeffersonville. 
Corresponding Secretary, Miss Katherine Goodwin, Jeffersonville. 
Treasurer, Mrs. Lawrence Zimmer, Jeffersonville. 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Comm,ittees 

Registration for Woman's Service . . . Miss Katherine Pawson, Jefferson- 
ville. 
Miss Margaret Hines, Jefferson- 
ville. 
Food Production, Jefferson Township 

Home Economics Club Miss Mabel Goodwin, Jefferson- 
ville. 

Home Economics Mrs. W. E. Sauer, Jeffersonville. 

Food Administration Miss Esther Price, Jeffersonville. 

Child Welfare, Ensemble Club Miss Emma Leeper, Jeffersonville. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. W. E. Heaton, Jeffersonville. 

Educational Propaganda, Current 

Events Club Mrs. N. H. Myers, Jeffersonville. 

Home and Foreign Relief, Tri Kappa 

Sorority Miss Helen Armstrong, Jefferson- 
ville. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Homer Heller, Jeffersonville. 

Health and Recreation ) t-> a d /^ ™™-j-+ 

^ , V D. A. R. Committees. 

Women m Industry j 

Publicity Mrs. Laura Kelly, Jeffersonville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Miss Mary K. Voigt, Jeffersonville. 

Motor Corps Mrs. Albert White, Jeffersonville. 

Americanization Mrs. Evelyn Carr, Jeffersonville. 

Women registered for war service, 6,819. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns the 
Women's Committee secured subscriptions amounting to 
$351,750. 

The Fourteen-Minute Women answered all calls, and the 
results of their efforts were very gratifying. 

The Child Welfare work is unfinished and will be con- 
tinued by the Ensemble Club. 

The Tri Kappa Sorority had charge of the Student Nurse 
drive and secured more than their quota. 



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While there was no City Demonstration Agent, the com- 
munity was in direct touch with the County Agent, and dem- 
onstrations were held in schools and clubs. 

Until the armistice was signed several thousand women 
were employed by the Government through the Quartermas- 
ter's Depot. These women were employed as seamstresses, 
clerks, stenographers, maids, inspectors, chauffeurs, mounted 
and unmounted guards, and as laborers. These women were 
subject to government inspection even when working in their 
homes sewing. Their hours were good and their pay liberal. 



CARROLL COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. N. J. Howe, Delphi 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. James P. Wason, Delphi. 

Food Production Mrs. Chas. Buckley, Delphi. 

Home Economics .Mrs. Chas. Murphy, Delphi. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Frank Lyon, Delphi. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Edward F. Bowen, Delphi. 

Food Administration Miss Lillian Blythe, Delphi. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Edward Blythe, Delphi. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

A^^^cies Mrs. Wm. Brackenridge, Delphi. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Albert C. Clauser, Delphi. 

Special Committee Mrs. Albert McPherson, Delphi. 

Publicity Mrs. Mindwell C. Wilson, Delphi. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Auda Gee Studebaker, Delphi. 

Women registered for war service, 5,105. 

Vacant lot gardens (approximately), 1,000. 

Home Demonstration Agent — Held meetings and lectures, 32; at- 
tendance, 3,272; demonstrations, 30; attendance, 1,670; made home 
visits, 102. 

Girls' Canning Club of 11 members canned fruit, vegetables, etc., 
1,1051/2 quarts, at a cost of $169.71, making profit of $135.45. 

Books sent soldiers, 700. 

Money for soldiers, $200. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, over 200. 

Credited to women in Liberty Loan drives, $601,525. 

Two women received credit for 1,600 hours' work for Red Cross. 

Six women received credit for 800 hours' work for Red Cross. 

French orphans adopted, 22. 

Large quantities of clothing sent to French. 

Baby clinics held with satisfactory results. 



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CASS COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Pearl Wright, Logansport 

Eocecutive Committee, County Chairmeyi of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. D. C. Arthur, Logansport. 

Food Production Mrs. John Lairy, Logansport. 

Home Economics Mrs. Richard Hazel, Logansport. 

Child Welfare Mrs. W. A. Gremerspacker, Lo- 
gansport. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Laura A. Howe, Logansport. 

Food Administration Mrs. Marion Swadner, Logansport. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. C. W. Graves, Logansport. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Cora Garland, Logansport. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Miss Laura Howe, Logansport. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Anna Gibson, Logansport. 

Special Committee Mrs. W. T. Wilson, Logansport. 

Publicity Miss Helen Kuppenheimer, Logans- 
port. 

Americanization Mrs. Henry M. Shultz, Logansport. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. John S. Lairy, Logansport. 

Transportation Mrs. Michael Fansler, Logansport. 

Women in Industry Mrs. O. P. Smith, Logansport. 

Woman's Section organized November 1, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 10,079. 

Babies examined, 2,294. 

Amount credited to women in Liberty Loans, $1,316,000. 

Collected by women and children for War Savings Stamps, $340,000. 

Speeches made by Fourteen-Minute Women, 126; number of women 
present, 132,000. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 16; exact number in attend- 
ance, 624. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 8,000. 

Estimated home and vacant lot gardens, 90 acres. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 2,435. 

Magazines sent to soldiers and sailors, 2,000. 

Amount collected with which to buy technical books for soldiers and 
sailors, $1,003. 

Output of Red Cross Workshop to August 1, 151,102 articles. 

Food Clubs — Every township organized; fourteen Town- 
ship Presidents, fifty-four Club Presidents. Entire work was 
two months ahead of schedule. 

Women replaced men in factories and railroad shops. The 
Industrial Committee worked for the betterment of condi- 
tions and protection of the women. 



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CLAY COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. J. B. Mershon, Brazil 

Executive Cofmnittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Eugene Wardlow, Brazil. 

Food Production Mrs. Minta Love, Lewis. 

Home Economics Miss Waneta Kidd, Brazil. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Tillie Lewis, Brazil. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Mae Thacker, Brazil. 

Food Administration Mrs. J. B. Mershon, Brazil. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Fannie Zeller, Brazil. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Ethel Spears, Brazil. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Julienia Moore, Brazil. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Agnes McCrea, Brazil. 

Publicity Miss Lora Leonhart, Brazil. 

Americanization Miss Agnes McCrea, Brazil. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Sam. Grimes, Brazil. 

Woman's Section organized August, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 8,765. 
Babies examined, 900. 

Credited to women in Liberty Loan drives, $500,000. 
Food and canning demonstrations, 15; exact number in attend- 
ance, 1,023. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 5,000. 

Food clubs, 75. 

Output of Red Cross Shop to August 21, 1918, 161,200 articles. 

Clay County women formed a "District Club" composed 
of mothers, who offered their services at the time of birth 
of babies and any time afterward when needed by the mother. 
A group of younger women made the clothing- and another 
group prepared food. The services of the best doctors were 
procured and specialists for unusual cases. 

CLINTON COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. W. S. Paris, Frankfort; Mrs. Chas. S. Ashman, 

Frankfort 

Executive Covimittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. W. A. Irwin, Frankfort. 
Food Production . .Mrs. A. A. McClamrock, Frank- 
fort. 
Mrs. S. A. Morrison, Frankfort. 

Home Economics Mrs. G. D. Byrd, Frankfort. 

Miss Mary Heavelan, Frankfort. 
Child Welfare Mrs. Horace F. Campbell, Frank- 
fort. 
Health and Recreation Mrs. W. A. Doty, Frankfort. 



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Food Administration Mrs. A. A. McClamrock, Frank- 
fort. 
Mrs. S. A. Morrison, Frankfort. 

Liberty Loan Miss Sylvia Grove, Frankfort. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Jeanette Dunlap, Frankfort. 

Publicity Mrs. N. B. Claybaugh, Frankfort. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. M. B. Thrasher, Frankfort. 

Woman's Section organized September 24, 1917, with Mrs. 
W. S. Paris as the County Chairman. Mrs. Paris resigned 
the chairmanship in May, 1918, and Mrs. Charles S. Ashman 
was appointed to succeed her. 

Women registered for war service, 8,000. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 76. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 40,000. 

Estimated home gardens, 1,000. 

Books sent to soldiers, 6,000. 

Red Cross work, 16,777 articles. 

Collected for Belgian Relief, 3,229 articles. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 2 ; approximate attendance, 50. 

All-day demonstrations given at county fair. 

Credited to women in Third Liberty Loan drive, $228,450. 

The War Service Volunteers, a group of eighty young- 
women organized to do a form of canteen work, met all troop 
trains with food, postcards, etc. ; stamped and mailed 1,000 
postcards and letters for soldiers passing through the city; 
furnished 2,000 postcards to troop trains ; furnished from four 
to seven girls a day for one week in the conscription office; 
furnished from one to four girls during entire month to assist 
Food Administration office; furnished two to four typists in 
each of the registration precincts on registration day ; assisted 
Child Welfare Committee in registration of children ; addressed 
all letters sent out by Boys' Working Reserve Committee to 
farmers in the county; had charge of fruit seed campaign, 
also of collection of clothing for French and Belgian refugees ; 
served coffee, ice cream and cake to Marine Band when it 
was in Frankfort for Liberty Loan program. Also had per- 
manent soldiers' rest room and established a rest camp, 
"Kamp Komfort," for truck drivers passing through the city. 
By means of refreshment tent at fair and sale of knitting- 
bags, they made more than $400 for their work. 

The Matinee Musicale of Frankfort gathered over 500 
slacker records for the camps. 

Clinton County, with a quota of twenty, secured thirty-six 
applicants for the Student Nurse Reserve. 



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CRAWFORD COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Harris Brown, English 
Executive Committee, County Chairm,en of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Harris Brown, English. 

Food Production Miss Nell Thornburg. 

Home Economics Mrs. Margaret Bird Funk, Eng- 
lish. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Horace F. Campbell, Frank- 
fort. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Stewart Beals, English. 

Food Administration Mrs. Edna Helmbsecht, English. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Charles Temple, English. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Elma Tucker, Taswell. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Dr. Dean, Leavenworth. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Elmer Stewart, English. 

Publicity Mrs. Harris Brown, English. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. John Luckett, English. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 22. 
Cook books and leaflets distributed, 3,000. 
Food and canning demonstrations, 5. 
Children examined, 346. 
Books collected for soldiers, 250. 
Magazines collected for soldiers, 475. 

Collected by women in Third and Fourth Liberty Loan drives, 
.$161,150. 

DAVIESS COUNTY 

Chaii-man, Mrs. Frances Rodarmel, Washington 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Miss May Lyhen, Washington. 

Food Production Mrs. Rose Nugent, Washington. 

Home Economics Mrs. Grant Keith, Washington. 

Mrs. E. E. Forsyth, Washington. 
Child Welfare Mrs. Elizabeth Sellnian, Washing- 
ton. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. O. P. Scudder, Washington. 

Food Administration Mrs. D. M. Kelso, Washington. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. M. F. Burke, Washington. 

Home and Foreign Relief .Mrs. Fred Scotts, Washington. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. -Jake Beltman, Washington. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Ezra Mattingly, Washington. 

Miss Ira Spitz, Washington. 

Special Committee Mrs. P. A. Hastings, Washington. 

Publicity Mrs. John T. Harris, Washington. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Grant Keith, Washington. 



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Women registered for war service, 7,453. 

Children registered, 2,070. 

Children examined, 400. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 108. 

Eed Cross articles shipped, 4,906. 

Food clubs, 97. 

Credited to women in Liberty Loan drives, $430,800, 

Food demonstrations were held and cooking classes or- 
ganized. 

Twenty applicants received for the Student Nurse Reserve. 

A War Mothers' Club was organized and did excellent and 
greatly appreciated work. 

DEARBORN COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Theodore Burkham, Lawrenceburg 
Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. O. T. Ludlow, Lawrenceburg. 

Food Production Mrs. P. G. Braun, Lawrenceburg. 

Home Economics Mrs. Hewson Wright, Lawrence- 
burg. 

Child Welfare Miss E. G. Bielby, Aurora. 

Miss Fannie Foulk, Aurora. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. F. M. Mueller, Lawrence- 
burg. 

Food Administration Mrs. W. Leyman. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. H. H. Sutton, Aurora. 

Mrs. Harry McMullen, Aurora. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. George E. Willers, Lawrence- 
burg. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Miss Calla Kassebaum, Aurora. 

Miss Fannie Foulk, Aurora. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. George C. Cole, Lawrence- 
burg. 

Special Committee Mrs. George H. Lewis, Lawrence- 
burg. 

Publicity Mrs. Orlando Kellar, Lawrence- 
burg. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. 0. T. Ludlow, Lawrenceburg. 

Women in Industry Miss Fannie Foulk, Aurora. 

Motor Corps Mrs. George Lewis, Lawrenceburg. 

Woman's Section organized November, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 5,700. 

Babies examined, 1,084. 

Credited to women in Liberty Loan drives, $1,035,700. 

Collected by women and children for War Savings Stamps, $215,000. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 135. 



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Cook books and leaflets distributed, 26,000. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 11; number in attendance, 700. 
Home and vacant lot gardens, 2,000. 
Food clubs, 36. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 1,000. 

Collected with which to buy technical books for soldiers and 
sailors, $42. 

Red Cross articles shipped, 9,822. 

Jams and jellies sent to Camp Taylor, 2 bags, 2 boxes. 

For Belgian Relief, Lawrenceburg Red Cross Chapter col- 
lected six tons of clothing and Aurora Chapter two tons, 
mostly warm woolen garments, all in excellent condition. 

For the Red Cross linen shower, Aurora collected 1,068 
articles, all of which, with few exceptions, were new. Law- 
renceburg Chapter also collected a large number. 

Food Club presidents were appointed in every township, 
which gave them a 100% score. During the potato campaign 
a different potato recipe was given in every room of the 
schools throughout the county. 

Patriotic meetings were held in every township, and the 
benefit derived therefrom cannot be estimated. 

In the Liberty Loan drives excellent work was done by 
the women of Dearborn County under the leadership of Mrs. 
Harry McMullen, who worked indefatigably. 

The influenza epidemic delayed the work of the Child Wel- 
fare Committee. However, an intensive follow-up campaign 
is planned in order that children found defective by the baby 
clinic, and whose parents are financially unable to give them 
medical attention, might have the proper care. Up to No- 
vember, 1918, $568.66 had been raised for this purpose. 

The Health and Recreation Committee, through the efforts 
of the War Mothers, raised $1,086.58, which was sent to Rus- 
sia to the U. S. S. Olympia and Brooklyn. The money was 
wired to the commanders of these vessels as a gift from the 
people of Dearborn County, Indiana, with instructions that 
gifts for Christmas and Christmas celebration be furnished 
the men. 

During the epidemic of influenza twenty-four volunteer 
nurses assisted in the care of helpless families. These women 
gave their services not only during the day but the night. 
One woman, finding a father, mother and six children ill with 
influenza and another daughter with typhoid fever, had this 
daughter removed to her own home and cared for her. Such 
was the spirit of the women of Dearborn County. 



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DECATUR COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Kate Emmert, Greensburg 
Executive Committee, County Chairtnen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Alex Parker, Greensburg. 

Food Production Mrs. P. D. Brown, Greensburg. 

Home Economics Miss Carrie Stewart, Greensburg. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Jethro C. Meek, Greensburg. 

Food Administration Mi-s. Edward Kessing, Greensburg. 

Liberty Loan Miss Mary Rankin, Greensburg. 

Home and Foreign Relief Miss Kate Emmert, Greensburg. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Taylor Meers, Greensburg. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Ida Ewing, Greensburg. 

Publicity Miss Blanche McLaughlin, Greens- 
burg. 

Fourteen-Minute Women .Mrs. John T. Goddard, Greens- 
burg. 

Women registered for war service, 2,249. 
Babies examined, 1,689. 

Collected by women for Liberty Loan, $213,950. 

Collected by women and children for War Savings Stamps, $3,194.39. 
Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 51. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 23; approximate number in at- 
tendance, 634. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 9,242. 

Food talks and conferences with clubs, 26; number in attendance, 698. 

Home and vacant lot gardens, 2,500. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 1,140. 

Magazines sent to soldiers and sailors, 100. 

Food clubs, 47. 

Red Cross articles, 79,278. 

The "Girl Volunteers for War Work," an organization 
having for its object personal and co-ordinate service, when 
called upon by an organization, committee or authorized per- 
son, did splendid work. 

DEKALB COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Monte L. Green, Auburn 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Nora Ramston, Garrett. 

Food Production Mrs. James Weeks, Auburn. 

Home Economics Mrs. Bessie Tustison, St. Joe. 

Child Welfare Dr. Bonnell Souder, Auburn. 

Food Administration Mrs. Margaret Collet, Auburn. 

Libei'ty Loan Mrs. Monte L. Green, Auburn. 



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Home and Foreign Relief. . .'. Mrs. Mabel Erick, Spencerville. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Scott Forney, Ashley. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Lida Leasure, Auburn. 

Publicity Mrs. J. E. Buchanan, Auburn. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Josephine Brinkerhoff, Gar- 
rett. 

Women in Industry Miss Nora Brown, Butler. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. -J. H. Leasure, Auburn. 

Women registered for war service, 5,769. 

Credited to women in Fourth Liberty Loan drive, $102,400; Third 
Liberty Loan, $135,450. 

A good record was made in distribution of Hoover food 
cards; about 1,500 cards were signed. 

DELAWARE COUNTY 

Chairman, Miss Genevieve H. Hanna, Muncie 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Harriett Bowman, Muncie. 

Food Production Mrs. E. E. Pickard, Selma. 

Home Economics Mrs. A. F. Meeks, Muncie. 

Mrs. J. I. Bender, Muncie. 

Child Welfare Mrs. D. T. Stephenson, Muncie. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. M. T. Hanley, Muncie. 

Food Administration Mrs. J. L Bender, Selma. 

Liberty Loan .Mrs. Fred Heath, Muncie. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Chas. Van Matre, Muncie. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. E. W. Barrett, Muncie. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Rose Budd Stewart, Muncie. 

Publicity Mrs. Mary Carmichael, Muncie. ' 

Americanization Mrs. Elmer Botkin, Muncie. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Frank Claypool, Muncie. 

Woman's Section organized September 30, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 17,500. 
Babies examined, 1,525. 

Collected for Third and Fourth Liberty Loans, $1,623,200. 
Collected by women and children for War Savings Stamps, $1,140,000. 
Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 90. 
Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 1,700. 

A great many magazines were collected but no account kept of 
them. A large number were given to soldiers en route. 
Partial list of articles made for Red Cross, 59,917. 
Food and canning demonstrations, 30. 
Cook books distributed, 1,000. 
Leaflets distributed, 5,000. 



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A large food exhibit was given sit War Conference, also 
at Farmers' Institute. 

The Muncie Garden Association estimated there were 
75,000 gardens in Center Township. Under the County Chair- 
man of Food Production of the Woman's Section, effective 
work was done in every township. 

It was conceded that 80% of the work of the War Savings 
Stamp campaign was done by women. 

The Educational Committee was divided into six sub- 
committees: Church, Lodges, Movies, Clubs, Schools, and 
Factories. 

This county has eighty or more active food clubs and 120 
garden clubs which also did canning. One hundred seven 
canners entered the National War Garden and Canning Con- 
test. Six weeks of research work was well attended by the 
children of the various county schools under the National 
War Council's supervision. 

DUBOIS COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Sarah Cooper, Jasper 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of CoTnryiittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Mildred McKinney, Hunting- 
burg. 

Food Production Mrs. H. C. Knapp, Huntingburg. 

Home Economics Mrs. Bonar Traylor, Jasper. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Estelle Lukemeier, Hunting- 
burg. 

Food Administration Miss Genevieve Williams, Hunting- 
burg. 

Liberty Loan '. Mrs. W. A. Wilson, Jasper. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. H. M. Kean, Jasper. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. L. C. Lukemeier, Hunting- 
burg. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Anna Hunter, Jasper. 

Publicity Miss Genevieve Williams, Hunting- 
burg. 

Health and Recreation Miss Margaret Wilson, Jasper. 

Americanization Mrs. Mary L. Eckert, Jasper. 

Women in Industry Mrs. George R. Wilson, Jasper. 

Mrs. J. L. Bretz, Jasper. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Miss Norma Milburn, Jasper. 

Woman's Section organized March 9, 1918. 



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Women registered for war service, 1,675, 

Babies examined, 1,200. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 23. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 100. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 245. 

Articles made for Red Cross, 51,204. 

Subscriptions secured in Third and Fourth Liberty Loans, $223,800. 

The Motor Corps was organized the latter part of August, 
1918; services were available for all patriotic and war organi- 
zations and greatly expedited all war work. 

ELKHART COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. J. A. S. Mitchell, Goshen 

Executive Coniinittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. J. A. S. Mitchell, Goshen. 

Food Production \ Mrs. William Haines, Elkhart. 

Home Economics Mrs. D. W. Hawks, Goshen. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Bernice Riley, Goshen. 

Mrs. Geo. Richardson, Goshen. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Elizabeth Zook, Nappanee. 

Food Administration Mrs. Diana Rowell, Goshen. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. L. 0. Wood, Goshen. 

Mrs. A. H. Beardsley, Elkhart. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Robert Jepson, Goshen. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Frank Coppes, Nappanee. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. J. S. Drake, Goshen. 

Miss Margaret S. Wilson, Elkhart. 

Special Committee Mrs. Albert Mutchler, Nappanee. 

Publicity Miss Nellie Albright, Goshen. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. W. O. Vallette, Goshen. 

Women registered for war service, 4,735. 
Credited to women in Liberty Loan drives, $1,330,475. 
Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 54. 
Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 1,426. 

Food and canning demonstrations held, 31; approximate number in 
attendance, 750. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 700. 

Elkhart, with a population of less than 50,000, had fifty 
garden clubs and something over 3,500 town gardens. 



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FAYETTE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. George Cain, Connersville; Mrs. F. I. Barrows, 

Connei'sville 

Executive Conunittee, County Cliairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Miss Essie Mae Frazee, Conners- 
ville. 

Food Production Miss Mary Rieman, Connersville. 

Child Welfare Miss Blanche Stoops, Connersville. 

Food Administration Mrs. W. E. Ochiltree, Connersville. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. E. C. Earl, Connersville. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Thiebaud, Connersville. 

Mrs. F. B. Amsted, Connersville. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Minnie Terr, Connersville. 

Publicity Miss Jean Porter, Connersville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women . . . ; Mrs. Lewis Robinson, Connersville. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. W. J. Porter, Connersville. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. B. F. Thiebaud, Connersville. 

Home Economics Miss Irvin, Connersville. 

War Savings Stamps Mrs. McKennan, Connersville. 

Motor Transport Miss Broaddus, Connersville. 

Mrs. George Cain was the first Chairman of the Woman's 
Section of Fayette County, and most efficient work was done 
under her direction. In August, 1918, on account of ill health, 
Mrs. Cain was forced to resign, and Mrs. F. I. Barrows was 
appointed to succeed her, and the work went on in the same 
splendid manner under Mrs. Barrows' direction. 

Women registered for war service, 4,500. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 80. 

Credited to women in Liberty Loan drive, $499,000 (partial). 

Clubs organized to sell War Savings Stamps, 72. 

Families of soldiers aided, 203. 

Lunches furnished to departing soldiers, 72. 

Books sent to soldiers, 900. 

Red Cross articles, 19,409. 

Belgian Relief (old clothing), 5,495 pounds, 4,013 articles. 

Because Fayette was the first county to go over the top 
in the War Savings Stamp Campaign, they had the honor, 
through the courtesy of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, of christening 
the good ship Connersville. 

Among the war activities of this county was a military 
organization of young women called "Joans of Arc." This 
was an auxiliary branch of the Liberty Guards, and their 
purpose was to render assistance in any local or nearby catas- 
trophe. Some of the members were versed in first aid. 



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We regret that we have not space to give a detailed account 
of the excellent work that was done and reported to us by 
the women of Fayette County. Not one committee lagged; 
they not only did everything asked of them, but much besides. 

Mrs. John Miller, Chairman of East Connersville Town- 
ship, reported the organization of a Red Cross Sacrifice Club. 
Members of this club received donations from 1 cent,to $1.00; 
the major number of contributions were for 5 cents to 10 
cents. During the months of July and August these women 
collected $106.29. Mrs. Miller also reported every home in 
her township bought at least one thrift stamp a week. 

The Tri Kappa Sorority gave valuable assistance. 

The Children's War Gardens report for the summer of 
1918 is as follows: 

Number of children enrolled, 50. 

Number of children reporting, 35. 

Age of children enrolling, 11 to 15 years. 

Total number square feet of gardens, 32,363. 

Total cost of gardens, $131.56. 

Net profit on gardens, $289.51. 

List winner: Mildred Tate, age twelve, with record of 
4,000 square feet of garden at cost of $8.75, profit of $25.50. 

Miss Stoops, the Chairman of our Child Welfare Com- 
mittee, is also public health nurse and probation officer with 
police powers, and the work performed under her direction 
was marvelous. All children under seven years of age were 
examined; about 20% were found under weight and parents 
informed. Planned, solicited money for and secured the co- 
operation of parents, physicians and trustees for relief cases; 
glasses for children, dental work, tonsil and adenoid opera- 
tions, operation, and extended hospital service for two cripples 
(prospective hunchbacks). The Tuberculosis Society helped 
finance the work of the examination of school children. Dur- 
ing the influenza epidemic Miss Stoops was especially assisted 
by the Transport Committee and five volunteer nurses, two 
of whom, Thelma George and Wilma Miller, were sixteen- 
year-old high school girls, and Margaret Ariens, Mrs. Hensley 
and Mrs. Anna Fox. These volunteer nurses performed every 
service necessary; sweeping and scrubbing played as heavy a 
role in their days' duties as nursing itself. Miss Stoops also 
organized a Girls' Patriotic Club, which gave financial as well 
as other assistance to her committee. 



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FLOYD COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Fred Kurfess, New Albany; Miss Edith Gwin, 

New Albany 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Miss Estella Rockenback, New 

Albany. 

Food Production Miss Alice Green, New Albany. 

Home Economics Mrs. Fred Kurfess, New Albany. 

Child Welfare Miss Adah Groh, New Albany. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Lillie Hall Smith, New Al- 
bany. 

Food Administration Mrs. William Receveur, New Al- 
bany. 

Liberty Loan Miss Mayme Cardwell, New Al- 
bany. 

Home and Foreign Relief Miss Mayme Clark, New Albany. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. S. T. Rogers, New Albany. 

Publicity Mrs. Fred Bi-own, New Albany. 

Women in Industry Miss Mary Kelley, New Albany. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. John Paris, New Albany. 

Woman's Section organized December, 1917, with Mrs. 
Fred Kurfess as Chairman. It became necessary for Mrs. 
Kurfess to resign, and in August, 1918, Miss Edith Gwin was 
appointed to succeed her. Mrs. Kurfess appointed efficient 
women to serve on her committees, and much splendid work 
was done, and since Miss Gwin's appointment the work has 
gone on in the same efficient manner. 

Under the leadership of the Chairmen of the various de- 
partments of the Red Cross, and the untiring assistance of 
hundreds of patriotic women, the chapter sent to headquar- 
ters 15,079 finished garments and 2,557 surgical dressings. 

The Chairman of the Food Production Committee had 
charge of the home gardens, of which there were about 250. 

The Chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee appointed 
capable assistants, and in each loan they collected several 
thousand dollars in excess of their quota. 

Miss Minta McQuiddy served as Chairman of the Food 
Administration Committee for several months, during which 
time the work was organized and cooking demonstrations 
held, food cards were signed and 30,000 cook books and leaflets 
distributed, as well as seventeen presidents of food clubs ap- 
pointed. At this time Miss McQuiddy was compelled to resign 
and Mrs. William Receveur was appointed to succeed her. 
Thirty-four additional food club presidents were appointed. 



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The work of obtaining money and books for soldiers and 
sailors was in the hands of the Librarian, and the result was 
350 volumes for Camp Taylor and $1,250 with which to buy 
books. 

The Chairman of Educational Propaganda and her able 
helpers arranged a large and most successful meeting, which 
aroused much enthusiasm and patriotism. 

The Health and Recreation Committee arranged with the 
clubs to keep open house for the soldiers. 

The Tri Kappas, under the leadership of Miss Rockenback, 
Mrs. S. E. Stout and Mrs. Frank Wells, registered 4,800 women 
for war service. These .same women had charge of the Stu- 
dent Nurse drive and secured twenty-four applicants. 

It isn't the individual soldier 
Nor the army as a whole, 
But the everlastin' teamwork 
Of every bloomin' soul. 



FULTON COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Perry Heath, Rochester 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Chas. Emmons, Rochester. 

Food Production Mrs. Carl Van Trump, Rochester. 

Home Economics Mrs. Ray Brown, Rochester. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Enoch Myers, Rochester. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Fred Paramore, Rochester. 

Food Administration Mrs. Perry Heath, Rochester. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Lucile Leonard, Rochester. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. A. E. Babcock, Rochester. 

Educationa.1 Propaganda Miss Rose Wile, Rochester. 

Publicity Mrs. Dean L. Barnhart, Rochester. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Arthur Metzler, Rochester. 

Woman's Section organized January 24, 1918. 

Women registered for war service, 4,850. 

Babies examined, 1,050. 

Liberty Loan (Third and Fourth), $92,500. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 75. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 29; approximate attendance, 650. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 5,000. 

Home and vacant lot gardens, 2,000. 

Books sent to soldiers (report from one center only), 804. 

Red Cross articles, 25,799. 



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Seventy-five per cent of all children under six years of 
age were weighed and measured. The work was finished in 
nine days, due to the careful plans made and the fine co- 
operation of the physicians. The examinations disclosed de- 
fects, 95% of which were adenoid troubles, many cases of 
which have been operated upon. Due to facts brought out 
in these examinations it was hoped to get medical and dental 
inspection in the schools. 

In the registration for war service, one town of about 
1,000 registered to a woman, and one township of 300 lacked 
only one to complete the registration. 

FOUNTAIN COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Rachel Levor, Attica 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Anna Grigson, Veedersburg. 

Food Production Mrs. Mary Roberts, Attica. 

Home Economics Mrs. Edmund Stafford, Attica. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Michael Mayer, Covington. 

Food Administration Miss Helen Martin, Veedersburg. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Rachel Levor, Attica. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. James Scribner, Attica. 

Educational Propaganda Miss V. Glasscock, Covington. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Miss Verna Glasscock, Covington. 

Publicity Mrs. Emma Ray, Attica. 

Women registered for war service, 5,398. 
Liberty Loan, Third and Fourth, $530,600. 

One thousand one hundred seventy-seven children were 
registered and about 300 examined. Very few defects and 
diseases were found, and it was felt that much tenefit was 
derived from this registration and examination of children. 

FRANKLIN COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. L M. Bridgeman, Brookville 
Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. George E. Mullin, Brookville. 

Food Production Mrs. F. W. Hathaway, Brookville. 

Home Economics Mrs. Wilbert Rogers, Brookville, 

R. 8. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Charles L. Masters, Brook- 
ville. 



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Health and Recreation Mrs. Wayne Hubbard, Brookville. 

Food Administration Mrs. Lewis Federman, Brookville. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Will Baker, Brookville. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Sarah Harrell, Brookville. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Mary J. Hornung, Brookville. 

Publicity Mrs. I. N. Bridgeman, Brookville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Miss Dorothy Pippin, Brookville. 

Women registered for war service, 2,953. 
Children examined, 1,100. 

Credited to women in Third and Fourth Liberty Loan drives, 
$327,400. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 60. 
Cook books and leaflets distributed, 2,000. 

With very few exceptions every family in the county cul- 
tivated a garden; the Chairman of the Food Production Com- 
mittee personally distributed approximately 2,000 packages 
of seed. 

This county considers that much good has resulted from 
the weighing and measuring of children, many of whom were 
given medical attention. Many parents, who were unmindful 
of the dangers to which their children were exposed, have 
had the children operated upon for various defects which were 
discovered in the examination. 



GIBSON COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Fred Riggs, Princeton 

Executive Committee, County Chairvien of Com,mittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. C. O. Baltzell, Princeton. 

Food Production Mrs. O. M. Kolb, Princeton. 

Home Economics Mrs. Nora Walker, Princeton. 

Child Welfare Mrs. M. J. Welborn, Princeton. 

Food Administration Mrs. O. M. Kolb, Princeton. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. M. P. Hollingsworth, Prince- 
ton. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies .Mrs. Jas. R. McGregor, Princeton. 

Educational Pi'opaganda Miss Mabel Tichenor, Princeton. 

Publicity Miss Julia Mason, Princeton. 

Women registered for war service, 7,071. 

Subscriptions secured in Third and Fourth Liberty Loan drives, 
$330,050. 

5—16366 



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GRANT COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. George A. Southall, Marion 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. George A. Southall, Marion. 

Home Economics Mrs. Kate Stevens, Sweetser. 

Child Welfare Miss Florence Case, Marion. 

Dr. Nettie B. Powell, Marion. 

Food Administration Mrs. G. A. Southall, Marion. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Bernard B. Shiveley, Marion. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. John Rhue, Marion. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Bechtol, Marion. 

Publicity Mrs. C. B. Stephenson, Marion. 

Miss E. L. Goldthwaite, Marion. 

Americanization Miss E. L. Goldthwaite, Marion. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mi-s. Cora B. Stephenson, Marion. 

Motor Corps Mrs. Love Caulkins, Marion. 

Women registered for war service, 10,702. 
Babies examined, 2,571. 
Collected for Liberty Loan, $585,675. 
War Savings Stamp campaign, $35,000. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 10; attendance at demonstra- 
tions, 500. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 45,000. 

War gardens in Marion, 14,081. 

War gardens in Gas City, 1,061. 

Books sent to soldiers, 1,130. 

Cash collected for books for soldiers, $504.98. 

Red Cross articles, 380,495. 

The first work undertaken was the food conservation. 
From June, 1917, to December, 1918, was a continual propa- 
ganda of food conservation thi'oughout the county by the 
Township Chairmen and Food Administration Chairman, 
which was of the greatest vahie, as in this way some of the 
strongest prejudices in the county were overcome. Addresses 
were made at every gathering where an entrance could be 
had — at the public schools and churches, teachers' and farm- 
ers' institutes and farm clubs, as well as all the women's 
organizations. 

In September, 1917, Mrs. Fred Stephenson organized a 
Speakers' Bureau of young women, which later was merged 
into the Fourteen-Minute Women. This body of women helped 
in every campaign for war work and were of inestimable 



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value, going at any time into any part of the county to fill 
appointments and keeping informed on all the questions to 
be raised in every campaign. 

One of the most helpful organizations was the Motor Corps, 
which had motors ready for any call, day or night, and gave 
excellent service in every campaign. 

The Liberty Loan campaigns were carried through with 
efficiency through the Township Chairmen of the Woman's 
Section of the County Council of Defense and were directly 
affiliated with the men's committee. 



GREENE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Fannie Bain, Linton 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Gertrude Beasley, Linton. 

Food Production Mrs. Max Stein, Lyons. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Marion Thomas, Jasonville. 

Food Administration Mrs. Guy Whitaker, Linton. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. D. R. Scott, Linton. 

Mrs. Jesse F. Weisman, Linton. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Grace Creeg, Linton. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. L. Booze, Worthington. 

Publicity Miss Grace Hopkins, Linton. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Estella Hannah, Linton. 

Women in Industry Mrs. W. T. Gushing. 

Home Economics Miss Effie Hendricks, Linton. 

Organized January, 1918. 

Women registered for war service, 9,219. 

Credited to women. Third and Fourth Liberty Loan drives, $422,150. 
Collected, War Savings campaign, $20,000. 
Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, over 100. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 2; attendance at demonstra- 
tions, 50. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 1,000. 
Food clubs, 15, 

Collected for books for soldiers, $75. 
Red Cross, 50 to 100 garments per week. 

Every home had a garden and in addition there were 
eighteen vacant lot gardens. 



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HANCOCK COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. H. T. Roberts, Greenfield 

Executive Committee, County Chairvien of Comtnittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Robert I. Bell, Greenfield. 
Food Production Mrs. Henry Pennington, Green- 
field. 

Child Welfare Mrs. J. P. Black, Greenfield. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. William A. Hough, Green- 
field. 

Food Administration Mrs. Earl Wolfe, Greenfield. 

Liberty Loan Miss Marion Bottsford, Greenfield. 

Mrs. O. S. Heller, Greenfield. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Allen Cooper, Greenfield. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Cora Orr, Greenfield. 

Publicity Miss Grace Husted, Greenfield. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. O. P. Eastes, Greenfield. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Iduna Barrett, Greenfield. 

Home Economics Mrs. E. V. Toms, Greenfield. 

Organized November, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 5,285. 

Babies examined, 899. 

Collected for Liberty Loan campaigns, $502,757. 

Estimated vacant lot gardens, 1,550. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 600. 

Food clubs, 1,000. 

Articles for Red Cross, 49,708. 

A general agitation for "better babies" is being kept up. 
It is thought that the greatest benefit from the weighing and 
measuring of children has been in calling attention to indi- 
vidual cases of defects and in urging parents to secure proper 
attention before it is too late. 

HARRISON COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Verna Wright, Corydon 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Verna Wright, Corydon. 

Food Production Mrs. Rose Gwartney, Coi-ydon. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Annis McGrain, Corydon. 

Home Economics Mrs. Hazel Bussabarger, Corydon. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Nellie Jordan, Corydon. 

Food Administration Miss Madeline Connor, Corydon. 

Publicity Mrs. Verna Wright, Corydon. 



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Liberty Loan Mrs. Grace D. Applegate, Corydon. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Fannie Huff, Corydon. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Mary Cassaboom, Corydon. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Clara Hays, Corydon. 

Women in Industry Mrs. F. A. Ulen, Corydon. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign thirty-five women 
workers collected $100,112. In the Third Loan $42,250 was 
collected by the Woman's Committee. 



HENDRICKS COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Mary J. Christie, Danville 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Mary J. Christie, Danville. 

Food Production Mrs. Mary J. Christie, Danville. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Julian Hogate, Danville. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Kate H. Smith, Danville. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. E. W. Shirley, Danville. 

Home Economics Mrs. W. Franklin, Danville. 

Publicity Miss Ruth Adams, Danville. 

Americanization Mrs. Kate H. Smith, Danville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Will King, Danville. 

Women in Industry Mrs. Walter Hadley, Danville. 

Women registered for war service, 5,617. 
Babies examined, 1,935. 

Of the total number of 2,002 children under six years of 
age in Hendricks County, 1,935 were examined. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns the 
Women's Committee v/as credited with subscriptions totaling 
$551,000. 

HENRY COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Chas. J. Wintherbotham, Newcastle; Mrs. Estella 

LOER, Newcastle 

Executive Covunittee, County Chairtnen of Comm,ittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Frank Stanley, Newcastle. 

Food Production Mrs. Rose Pickering, Middletown. 

Home Economics Mrs. Will L. Cory, Newcastle. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Jessie French, Jr., Newcastle. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Charles Lynn, Newcastle. 

Food Administration Mrs. H. L. Burr, Newcastle. 

Mrs. W. 0. McGeath, Newcastle. 



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Liberty Loan Mrs. H. E. Jennings, Newcastle. 

Mrs. Milton Lamb, Newcastle. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Maurice Goodwin, Newcastle. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. S. H. Clif t, Newcastle. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. E. E. Kemp, Newcastle. 

Publicity Mrs. Chas. Felt, Newcastle. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Frank Edwards, Knights- 
town. 
Women in Industry Miss Emma Nicholson, Newcastle. 

The Woman's Section of this county was organized in 
November, 1917, with Mrs, Estella Loer, the woman member 
of the County Council of Defense, as Chairman. Mrs, Loer 
served until business interests made it necessary for her to 
resign, when Mrs. Charles J. Wintherbotham was appointed to 
succeed her, in February, 1918. 

Seven thousand women registered for war service, and the 
cards were very helpful in organization of departments of 
work as well as securing more than their quota of student 
nurses. 

Mrs. Edwards, Chairman of the Fourteen-Minute Women, 
in connection with Mrs. Cory, Chairman of the Home Econo- 
mics Committee, and Mrs. French of the Child Welfare Com- 
mittee, formed a little troupe of speakers, which visited every 
town in the county, each presenting the work of her depart- 
ment. Their favorite plan was to arrange for the closing 
hour of the day at the Red Cross shops. The Department 
of Food Clubs, in charge of Mrs. McGeath, also worked at 
times with the above-mentioned department. The food clubs 
were organized in thirteen townships of the county, with a 
total of forty-six clubs. 

The Food Production Committee, with the aid of County 
Agent W. H. Prigg and others over the county, was able to 
report 400 war gardens for the summer of 1918, The value 
in Middletown alone was estimated at $750. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns the 
Woman's Committee was credited with subscriptions totaling 
$782,600. 



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HOWARD COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Nellie Dawson, Kokomo; Mrs. Alfred T. Snoke, 

Kokomo. 

Executive Coinmittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. A. H. Hunt, Kokomo. 

Food Production Mrs. Harry Mick, Kokomo. 

Home Economics Mrs. Clarence Hunt, Kokomo. 

Child Welfare Mrs. W. G. Kitselman, Kokomo. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. M. F. Brand, Kokomo. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Dr. Knepple, Kokomo. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Edgar Apperson, Kokomo. 

Publicity Mrs. E. E. Russell, Kokomo. 

Women in Industry Miss Burnice Haynes, Kokomo. 

The Woman's Section of Howard County Council of De- 
fense was organized with Mrs. Alfred T. Snoke as Chairman. 
Mrs. Snoke resigned, and Mrs. Nellie Dawson was appointed 
to succeed her in June, 1918. 

Women registered for war service, 10,050. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign 500 women workers 
were credited v/ith $961,975. In the Third Loan 109 workers 
were credited with subscriptions totaling $240,000. 



HUNTINGTON COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Frank Felter, Huntington 
Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Miss Dilla Stults, Huntington. 

Food Production Mrs. O. W. Whitelock, Huntington. 

Home Economics , Miss Emma Kline, Huntington. 

Child Welfare ; Mrs. S. E. Cook, Huntington. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. John P. Kenower, Huntington. 

Food Administration Mrs. Fred H. Bowers, Huntington. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. J. W. Ford, Huntington. 

Home and Foreign Relief. ......... .Mrs. W. H. Barnhart, Huntington. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Dora Crites, Huntington. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Charles E. Grayston, Hunt- 
ington. 

Special Committee Mrs. Sadie Schoenell, Huntington. 

Publicity Mrs. Edith Wright Matts, Hunt- 
ington. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Oliver Kline, R. 3, Hunting- 
ton. 

Women registered for war service, 5,917. 



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In the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign 175 women workers 
were credited with $726,575, in the Third Loan with $338,050. 

The total number of children registered was 2,260. 
Through the efforts of the Child Welfare Committee one child 
will be sent to the School for Blind Children. 

As an illustration of what was done in the way of home 
gardens, the Food Production Committee reports that one 
woman who had never had a garden before had grown enough 
for family use and had canned 400 cans of vegetables for 
winter use from her garden. From the sale of surplus vege- 
tables, premiums at county fairs on canned goods, and bread 
and cakes made over Liberty or conservation recipes, she and 
her daughter bought a Liberty Bond. 

Through the generosity of citizens of Huntington, thou- 
sands of magazines were sent to the library and were dis- 
tributed to soldiers on troop trains. During a lull in the 
transportation of troops the library shipped 2,000 magazines 
to Camp Shelby. Over 500 gift books were shipped to points 
of embarkation in July. 

JACKSON COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Lynn Faulkconer, Seymour; Mrs. Catherine 
KocHENOUR, Seymour 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Lynn Faulkconer, Seymour. 

Food Production Mrs. A. D. Cobb, Brownstown. 

Home Economics Mrs. James Clements, Brownstown. 

Food Administration Mrs. George Hamilton, Browns- 
town. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Sarah Findley, Brownstown. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. J. F. Shiel, Seymour. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. J. M. Robertson, Browns- 
town. 

Special Committee Miss Ellen Welsh, Brownstown. 

Publicity Mrs. H. H. Prince, Brownstown. 

Mrs. T. A. Mott, Seymour. 

War Mothers Mrs. Edwin Vermilya, Browns- 
town. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. J. S. Clements, Brownstown. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. James Clements, Brownstown. 

The Woman's Section was organized in June, 1917, with 
Mrs. Catherine Kochenour as Chairman, under whose direc- 



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tion excellent results were accomplished. Late in 1918 it 
became necessary for Mrs. Kochenour to resign, when Mrs. 
Lynn Faulkconer, who had done such excellent work as Chair- 
man of the Registration Committee, was appointed to suc- 
ceed her. 

Women registered for war service, 6,544. 

Babies examined, 1,200. 

Collected for Third and Fourth Liberty Loan, $161,200. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 45. 

Food clubs, 25. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 25. 

Number in attendance, 3,500. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 10,500. 

Home and vacant lot gardens, 4,000. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 700. 

Red Cross articles, 7,810. 

Christmas packages, 100. 

Spent for civilian relief. 



JASPER COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Ora T. Ross, Rensselaer 

Executive Covtmittee, County Chairtnen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Ora T. Ross, Rensselaer. 

Food Production Mrs. L N. Meader, Rensselaer. 

Home Economics Mrs. Ora T. Ross, Rensselaer. 

Food Administration Mrs. Oscar Hauter, Rensselaer. 

Child Welfare Mrs. John Gwin, Rensselaer. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. A. P. Burton, Rensselaer. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Judson J. Hunt, Rensselaer. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. A. H. Hopkins, Rensselaer. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. C. Ross Dean, Rensselaer. 

Women in Industry Mrs. .J. D. Allman, Rensselaer. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Miss Harriet Shedd, Rensselaer. 

Publicity Mrs. E. M. Graham, Rensselaer. 

Woman's Section organized June, 1917. 

Entire county organized into food clubs, seventy in all, 
and they did excellent work in preaching and practicing food 
conservation. 

After a campaign of education with noted speakers, and 
with co-operation of physicians, 1,000 children under six years 
of age were examined. As a I'esult of this campaign the serv- 
ices of a county community nurse were secured. A County 
Recreation Supervisor is a member of the Child Welfare Com- 
mittee. 



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The Committee on Maintaining Existing Social Service 
Agencies saw to it that the sixteen social agencies already 
in the county were not neglected during the war. 

The Educational Committee worked chiefly through the 
schools. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, women were cred- 
ited with $258,150. In the Third Loan the women were as- 
signed one-fifth of the whole quota and went over the top 
several thousand dollars. In the Second, 1,000 women sub- 
scribed $90,250 or double the allotment, 

Fourteen-Minute Women report ninety-eight speeches, 
though more were actually made. Working with this com- 
mittee was the committee of singers, one quartette singing 
eleven consecutive nights during the Liberty Loan campaign, 
sometimes driving as far as twenty-five miles. 

Most appreciative credit should also be given the Trans- 
portation Committee, consisting of women who registered 
their cars and held themselves ready to drive anyone any- 
where for patriotic purposes. 

The women of this county co-operated with the men in 
all the big drives for money and books, the adoption of French 
and Belgian orphans, and the Home Service Department of 
the Red Cross. 

One of the first group of women to organize was the Com- 
forts Committee of the Navy League, April 21, 1917. This 
committee raised money to buy 134 pounds of yarn and 
knitted it into mufflers, 123 sweaters, 110 wristlets and 8 
helmets. 

In the Socks for Soldiers Campaign, Jasper County was 
asked to buy yarn for and knit 70 pairs of socks; they sent 
135 pairs before the required date. 

The output of the various Red Cross workshops was 31,469 
articles. They also shipped 1,000 pounds of contributed cloth- 
ing for refugees and 117 pieces of linen. 

The War Mothers gave over 400 men kits filled with ar- 
ticles of comfort. They also took charge of the distribution 
of the county socks, 350 pairs; knitted 73 pairs of socks, 107 
sweaters and 26 helmets to send the boys, and performed 
various other services for men in service. 

It is estimated there were 4,000 gardens in the county. 

One hundred nine food and canning demonstrations were 
held, with 6,112 women in attendance. 



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JAY COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. A. H. Backus, Dunkirk 

Executive Commiitee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. S. W. Haynes, Portland. 

Food Production 

Home Economics Miss Mary E. Boltin, Portland. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Jason Henley, Portland. 

Home and Foreign Relief Dr. Harriett Wiley, Portland. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. A. H. Backus, Dunkirk. 

Publicity Mrs. W. C. Simmons, Portland. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. S. W. Haynes, Portland. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. James A. Limle, Portland. 

Wom.en registered for war service, 6,868. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign 116 women workers 
were credited with $467,500, and in the Third Loan $58,700. 

The Child Welfare Committee considers the examination 
and registration of children under six years of age of great 
benefit to the community. Mothers have been awakened to 
the real condition of their children, and through this regis- 
tration much will be accomplished in the future. 

JEFFERSON COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. M. C. Garber, Madison; Vice-Chairman, Mrs. W. G. 

Rogers, Madison 

Executive Commiitee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. M. C. Garber, Madison. 

Food Production Mrs. R. W. Cochran, Madison. 

Home Economics Mrs. M. R. Sulzer, Madison. 

Child Welfare Mrs. W. O. McLelland, Madison. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. W. D. Ogden, Madison. 

Food Conservation Mrs. W. G. Rogers, Madison. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. J. W. Tevis, Madison. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. E. R. Trow, Madison. 

Miss C. E. Ford, Madison. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. W. O. McLelland, Madison. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. E. B. Sheldon, Madison. 

Women in Industry .Miss Elinor Wade, Madison. 

Publicity • Mrs. E. E. Scott, Madison. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Miss Ella Porter Griffith, Madison. 

Organized May, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 4,447. 

Collected for Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns, $349,000. 

Collected for War Savings Stamps, $329,900. 



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Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 50. 
Food demonstrations, 6; number in attendance, 500. 
Space in county seat covered by war gardens in yards and vacant 
lots, 25 acres. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 317. 

Food clubs, 12. 

Partial list Red Cross articles, 55,455. 

The Home and Foreign Relief Committee reports box sent 
to Francis Janard, a Frenchman, who had been a prisoner of 
war for fourteen months; hterature to a French soldier who 
wished to perfect his English; yarn for a French orphan who 
wished to knit, but had no material; secured the adoption of 
three French orphans. Posters were distributed throughout 
the county to give information regarding sending mail to 
prisoners, also to aid the Government in procuring walnut 
logs for gun stocks. 

Definite report of number of children examined cannot be 
had, owing to the fact that cards were forwarded to Wash- 
ington and no records kept. Plans are being made for a visit- 
ing nurse and public playgrounds. 

The Junior Red Cross units in the schools gave an hour 
each week to hemming napkins, towels and handkerchiefs. 
Girls and boys knitted rugs and ambulance covers, some of 
the needles having been made by boys in the manual training 
department. The higher grammar grades and high school 
girls made layettes and refugee garments. All pupils in these 
grades received instructions in surgical dressing, in which 
they showed earnestness and efficiency. St. Michael's paro- 
chial school did its "bit" in response to the country's call. 

JENNINGS COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Margaret A. Cone, North Vernon 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration of Woman's Service. .. .Mrs. H. E. Barth, North Vernon. 

Food Production 

Home Economics Miss Harriett Powell, North Ver- 
non. 

Child Welfare Mrs. J. D. Cone, North Vernon. 

Food Administration Miss Isabella Overmyer, North 

Vernon. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 
Agencies Mrs. Charles Weber, North Ver- 
non. 



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Educational Propaganda Mi's. Jay Hargesheimer, Vernon. 

Publicity Mrs. Charles Weber, North Ver- 
non. 

Women in Industry Mrs. Viola Ewan, North Vernon. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Alice Whorer, North Vernon. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Agnes Hooton. 

Women registered for war service, 3,620. 

Work of examining children under six years of age was 
carried on, but complete returns not received. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns the 
Woman's Committee securued subscriptions amounting to 

$180,000. 

JOHNSON COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. A. N. Crecraft, Franklin 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Comm^ittees 

Registration of Woman's Service. .. .Miss Harriett Clare Palmer, 

Franklin. 

Food Production Mrs. Sarah Sibert, Franklin. 

Home Economics Mrs. S. A. Wilson, Franklin. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Charles Drybread, Franklin. 

Food Administration Mrs. R. M. Miller, Franklin. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. C. L. Van Nuys, Franklin. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. S. A. Wilson, Franklin. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Edward Bailey, Franklin. 

Educational Propaganda . Mrs. John S. Williams, Franklin. 

Publicity Miss Esther Aikens, Franklin. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. A. T. Belknap, Franklin. 

Motor Corps Miss Helen Whitesides, Franklin. 

Woman's Section organized June, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 4,034. 

Babies examined, 1,501. 

Collected for Third Liberty Loan, $299,950 (three times the ap- 
portionment). 

Collected for Fourth Liberty Loan, $413,800. 

Collected by women for War Savings Stamp campaign, $75,000. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 63. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 9; approximate attendance, 700. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 1,000. 

Estimated home and vacant lot gardens, 1,200. 

Books sent soldiers and sailors, 279. 

Magazines sent soldiers and sailors, 400. 

Collected with which to buy technical books for soldiers and sailors, 
$308.83. . 

Food clubs, 35. 



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Red Cross work, 691,851. 

Army shirts made for Government supply house, 150. 

Collected for Y. W. C. A., $1,500. 

The work done by the Motor Corps girls was invaluable. 
While the "flu" epidemic raged among the S. A. T. C. men of 
the college, bedding, food and delicacies of all kinds were 
transferred by their untiring eflforts to the hospital. 

KNOX COUNTY 

Chairman, Miss Margaret C. Holland, Vincennes 
Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Frank Curtis, Vincennes. 

Food Production Mrs. Frank Miller, Vincennes. 

Home Economics Miss Ida B. Wilhite, Vincennes. 

Child Welfare Mrs. D. Frank Culbertson, Vin- 
cennes. 

Health and Recreation Miss Eleanor Beach, Vincennes. 

Food Administration Mrs. W. Vollmer, Vincennes. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. B. B. Griffith, Vincennes. 

Home and Foreign Relief ....Miss Zelia Slocomb, Vincennes. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 
Agencies Mrs. H. D. Ridenour, Vincennes. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. M. E. Becker, Vincennes. 

Special Committee Mrs. A. F. Hartman, Vincennes. 

Publicity Mrs. W. A. Cullop, Vincennes. 

Fourteen-Minute Wom.en Miss Margaret C. Holland, Vin- 
cennes. 

Motor Corps Mrs. Stella Alsop, Vincennes. 

Women in Industry Miss Margaret C. Holland, Vin- 
cennes. 
Organized July, 1917. 

Socks for soldiers, 443. 

Women registered for war service, 13,846. 

Babies examined, 2,917. 

Collected in Liberty Loan drives, $478,600. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, average of 3 per week. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed to exceed 40,000. 

Estimated war gardens, 2,500. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 1,395. 

Magazines sent to soldiers and sailors, 50. 

Collected for technical books for soldiers and sailors, $320. 

Food clubs, 45. 

Red Cross work, $23,095.29. 

Manufactured by Red Cross Chapter, 72,206 articles. 

Applicants to Student Nurse Reserve, 43. 



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The Motor Corps was organized in February, 1918, with 
200 members. They furnished cars for the Council of De- 
fense, Red Cross, French Relief and War Savings, Nurses, 
Liberty Loan, Child Welfare, War Mothers' parade, Red Cross 
and K. of C. parade. Motor Corps luncheon and parade. 

The War Mothers, with a membership of 150, were ap- 
pointed by the Food Administrator to take charge of con- 
servation work in the county. The War Mothers raised money 
in various ways, with which they sent 335 Christmas boxes 
and 288 Easter boxes to United States camps, and 61 to 
France; made 423 housewives and 115 comfort kits; made 
150 pairs of socks and 12 sweaters of yarn purchased; sent 
flowers to funerals; contributed to United War Work Cam- 
paign and the fund for purchase and preservation of the old 
Legislative Hall. They also have a registry of between 2,700 
and 2,800 Knox County men in military service, erected an 
Honor Roll for their boys and sent a pennant to their boys 
in France bearing the inscription "Vincennes War Mothers," 
and have placed $600 in a building and loan association as a 
permanent fund for a community home for the Knox County 
boys who have been in military service. 

The examination of children under six years of age stimu- 
lated an interest in children which will result in a great deal 
of follow-up work. 

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY 

Chairman, Miss Harriett D. Frazier, Warsaw 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Walter Wallace, Leesburg. 

Food Production Miss Oria Simmons, Warsaw. 

Home Economics Miss Rolston, Warsaw. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Elmer B. Funk, Warsaw. 

Health and Recreation Dr. Lydia Copper, Warsaw. 

Food Administration Miss Rosella Ford, Warsaw. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. W. W. Reed, Warsaw. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Clark Mumaw, Warsaw. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Owen Switzer, Warsaw. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Parly E. Zartman, Winona 

Lake. 

Special Committee Mrs. W. D. Frazier, Warsaw. 

Publicity Mrs. J. R. Hoover, Pierceton. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Adda Nichols, Warsaw. 

Organized January, 1918. 



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Women registered for war service, 5,182. 

Collected for Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns, $615,800. 

Collected for War Savings Stamps, $20,000. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 43. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 1,200. 

Estimated home and vacant lot gardens, 1,500. 

Red Cross work, 18,718 garments. 

A Baby Week was held in Warsaw in which examinations 
of children were made by a fine corps of physicians and 
nurses. The Child Welfare Committee will use the records 
of the children so obtained, will look after babies born since 
these examinations were made; will, when necessary, arrange 
for further tests and examinations of individual cases, and 
will follow up the cases of defects disclosed by these exam- 
inations. 

LAKE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Jennie Ward Wheeler, Crown Point 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. O. C. Wicks, Gary. 

Food Production Mrs. H. W. Pacton, Hobart. 

Home Economics Mrs. Starr Brownell, Lowell. 

Child Welfare Mrs. A. H. Jones, Gary. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Geo. W. Lewis, East Chicago. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Grace S. Ericson, Whiting. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Frank Lewis, Whiting. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. E. L. Shortridge, Crown 

Point. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Otto C. Matthies, Hammond. 

Miss Maud A. Williams, Crown 

Point. 

Publicity Miss Gwen Parry, Crown Point. 

Women in Industry Mrs. J. A. Teegarden, Indiana 

Harbor. 

Americanization Mrs. J. A. Patterson, Gary. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. J. C. Gibbs, Crown Point. 

Organized December, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 21,741. 
Babies examined (partial list), 12,931. 

Credited to women in Second, Third and Fourth Liberty Loan cam- 
paigns, $6,820,100. 

Collected for books for soldiers, $3,075. 
Books sent to soldiers, 5,406. 
Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 146. 
Food clubs, 35. 



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Hammond has an all-time Home Demonstrator. 

Gary held one food demonstration, with 1,200 women 
present; eleven demonstrations reported, with average attend- 
ance of fifty women. 

As the result of one drive 5,200 pounds of second-hand 
clothing were sent to the refugees. 

The Food Production Committee reports all available 
ground under cultivation. 

Specific things the Children's Year Committee has accom- 
plished are as follows: 

Examined 12,931 babies; secured cleaning up of streets- 
and alleys of congested districts; two extra child welfare 
nurses were put on by the city the past summer at the request 
of the Child Welfare Committee, one remaining in the employ 
of the city. This nurse visits homes; also is in attendance 
at a settlement house, where through her help a baby hospital 
was maintained during the summer. The head of this house 
is a trained nurse and has always cared for sick children in 
the summer, but has never cared for so many as were brought 
in during the past summer. A letter was prepared to invite 
all Gary doctors to send there all babies who would not receive 
proper attention at home; $50 was secured for a milk station 
at this settlement house; the nurse conducted the station, 
using equipment already provided. Ten graduate nurses were 
secured to visit the homes in the congested districts sur- 
rounding the settlement house and to report the sick babies 
found and general conditions in homes of children under two 
years of age. A protest was made against an army camp 
for children planned to accommodate 2,000 children, 200 at 
a time, with only two people to care for them, and insufficient 
funds, and were successful in preventing the undertaking. 
Secured the appointment of a milk inspector for the summer, 
the appointment backed by the mayor; a weekly milk report 
was published in both daily papers, giving per cent of butter 
fat, bacteria count, and degree of cleanliness, and, with the 
assistance of the Chamber of Commerce, arrangements were 
made to have milk brought in on motor trucks from districts 
ten to twenty miles distant, whereas formerly it was brought 
from twenty to sixty miles by the railroads. 

The infant death rate in Gary- the past summer has been 
negligible, almost non-existent, whereas in former years it 
has been very high. 

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LAGRANGE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Alice D. Ballou, Lagrange 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Connnittees 

Eegistration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Alice D. Ballou, Lagrange. 

Food Production Mrs. John Fellers, Lagrange. 

Home Economics Myrta Van Kirk, Lagrange. 

Child Welfare Mrs. E. J. Brown, Lagrange. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. H. O. Eldridge, Lagrange. 

Food Administration Mrs. Chas. Eoyer, Lagrange. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Clyde A. Walb, Lagrange. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. R. L. Porterfield, Lagrange. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. E. A. Streeter, Lagrange. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. C. C. Rozelle, Lagrange. 

Publicity Miss Lenore Smith, Lagrange. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Miss Lenore Smith, Lagrange. 

Women registered for war service, 3,874. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, eighty- two women 
workers were credited with $361,250. In the Third Loan the 
Woman's Committee was credited with $175,550. 

Reports show that in all but two townships every child 
under six years of age was examined by a physician, 1,280 
in all. One child, suffering from tuberculosis, was secured 
admission to the State Tuberculosis Hospital. 

LAPORTE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Frank J. Pitner, Laporte; Mrs. Jno. E. Winn, 

Laporte. 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. W. W. Chapman, Laporte. 

Food Production Mrs. E. G. Small, Laporte. 

Home Economics Mrs. John Emery, New Carlisle. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Harry M. Barnes, Michigan 

City. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Dr. Nelle Cole Reed, Michi- 
gan City. 

Food Administration Mrs. Van Riper, Laporte. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. David McGill, Laporte. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. A. Somerfield, Laporte. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 
Agencies Mrs. J. B. Benson, Laporte. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Walter Fox, Laporte. 

Publicity .Mrs. Albert Carstens, Michigan 

City. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. J. V. Dorland, Laporte. 

Americanization Miss Ruth Seymour, Laporte. 



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This Woman's Section was organized in November, 1917, 
with Mrs. Frank J. Pitner as Chairman. In June, 1918, ill 
health forced Mrs. Pitner to resign, when Mrs. John E. Winn 
was appointed to succeed her. 

Four thousand eight hundred nine women registered for 
war service, and these registration cards were successfully 
used in securing applicants for the Student Nurse Reserve, 
also nursemaids, housekeepers, etc. 

The War Mothers of this county rendered valuable assist- 
ance to the Woman's Section. 

The Food Demonstrator, Miss Gladys Snapp, gave demon- 
strations in use of substitutes, canning without sugar and 
drying vegetables, in different sections of the county, at fre- 
quent intervals, and a Food Administration room was main- 
tained in Laporte, where demonstrations were held. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan drive 300 women workers 
were credited with $1,150,000. In the Third Loan fifty-four 
women workers were credited with subscriptions amounting 
to $170,000. 

LAWRENCE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. H. P. Pearson, Bedford; Mrs. Herschell Moore, 

Bedford. 

Executive Cow/mittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service ... Mrs. J. M. Wells, Bedford. 

Food Production Mrs. Will Meglemere, Bedford. 

Home Economics Mrs. Will Meglemere, Bedford. 

Child Welfare Mrs. S. E. Avery, Bedford. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Frank L. Reed, Bedford. 

Food Administration Mrs. Stanley Chrisler, Bedford. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Dan Tofaute, Bedford. 

Home and Foreign Relief .Mrs. Rose Reed, Bedford. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. W. E. Clark, Bedford. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Katherine W. Voris, Bedford. 

Publicity Mrs. Chas. P. Butler, Bedford. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Katherine W. Voris, Bedford. 

Nurses' Reserve .•. . .Mrs. Emma Harding, Bedford. 

Historian Mrs. Harry Askew,. Bedford. 

Woman's Section was organized in November, 1917, with 
Mrs. H. P. Pearson as Chairman, In February, 1918, Mrs. 
Pearson resigned, and Mrs. Herschell Moore, who was ap- 
pointed to succeed her, has served up to the present time. 



Women registered for war service, 4,025. 

Children examined, 1,920. 

Food Clubs, 39. 

Home and vacant lot gardens, 1,000. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 3,000. 

Canning demonstrations, 52. 

Number in attendance, 1,500. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 125. 

Collected in Liberty Loan campaigns, $163,100. 

Pupils of the schools in Bedford made more than 2,250 
cirticles for the Red Cross during the school year 1917-18. 
At the same time Liberty Bonds owned by teachers and pupils 
amounted to $16,800, and War Savings and Thrift Stamps 
$14,498. More than 500 pupils were members of the Junior 
Red Cross. 

MADISON COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. James W. Sansberry, Anderson 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Miss Mary Mulligan, Anderson. 

Food Production Miss Evangeline Lewis, Pendleton. 

Home Economics Mrs. A. T. Dye, Anderson. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Nellie Warren, Anderson. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. E. B. Kehrer, Anderson. 

Food Administration Mrs. J. M. Larmore, Anderson. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. R. O. Bright, Anderson. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. D. J. Crittenberger, Andei'- 

son. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Lew Palmer, Anderson. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Ranna Creson, Anderson. 

Special Committee Mrs. W. L. Taylor, Anderson. 

Publicity Mrs. W. E. Kimble, Anderson. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Edgar Chittendon, Anderson. 

Americanization Mrs. J. F. Croan, Anderson. 

Women in Industry Miss Edna L. Wilson, Anderson. 

Motor Corps Captain, Mrs. James W. Sansberry, 

Anderson- 
Canteen Mrs. Howard Witt, Anderson. 

During the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive 1,000 women 
workers were credited with $1,150,000. In the Third Loan 
204 workers with $484,300. 

The Fourteen-Minute Women made approximately 400 
talks, giving their assistance to every need. 



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After a very thorough publicity campaign the examining 
of babies was begun, and more than 3,000 babies were ex- 
amined. Transportation committees were appointed to bring 
mothers and babies to centers; it is reported that from one 
district of the county came a Ford bearing to the center 
eighteen babies in market baskets to be examined. The work 
of examining the children was done at night and on Sundays 
in addition to the regular working hours. When parents could 
not bring their children to the centers, doctors, nurses, scales 
and entire equipment were sent to them in automobiles. A 
successful effort was made to interest fathers of children. 
This made follow-up work much easier, for when a father 
learned first-hand that his child was suffering from some 
defect he immediately took the child to a physician and made 
efforts to have the defects corrected. For this campaign 
they had seven examining centers; 15 physicians gave their 
services; 1 dentist; 3 registered nurses; 3 practical nurses; 
21 girls assisted; there were 18 hostesses; 11 served on 
Equipment Committee, and there was one general Chairman 
of the Committee. 

It was reported that every vacant lot was a war garden. 

In the canning schools 3,350 quarts of fruit were canned, 
and in addition to this hundreds of women attended public 
demonstrations. During the summer, when there was a short- 
age of help in the canning factorj^ due to the fact that many 
children had returned to school, the Chairman of the Wom- 
an's Section appealed to the women through the newspapers, 
and under her leadership the first day seventeen women went 
to work at 6:30 a. m. and worked until 4:30 p. m. when all 
the corn in the factory had been canned. Almost every day 
after that a squad of women helped in the factory, conserv- 
ing the fruit and vegetables, and earning 20 cents an hour, 
which they turned over to the Canteen, 

The Canteen did excellent service and was assisted by the 
Motor Corps. Besides transporting the Canteen, the Motor 
Corps served the Liberty Loan and Red Cross., etc., and 
during the Belgium Relief campaign served eighty-five hours 
in gathering clothing. 

All Red Cross quotas were more than filled, and many 
Red Cross workers earned the pin for 800 hours of service. 



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MARION COUNTY 

Chairman, MRS. William L. Elder, Indianapolis 

Executive Comviittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Eeg'istration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. S. E. Perkins, Indianapolis. 

Child Welfare Mrs. William S. Thornton, Indian- 
apolis. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Ralph E. Kennington, Indian- 
apolis. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Joseph N. Kealing, Indian- 
apolis. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Angelina Carey, Indianapo- 
lis. 

Food Production Mrs. Harry Miesse, Indianapolis. 

Home Economics Mrs. W. C. Teasdale, Jr., Indian- 
apolis. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. David Ross, Indianapolis. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 
Agencies Mrs. A. E. Butler, Indianapolis. 

Women in Industry Miss Edna Jay, Indianapolis. 

Americanization Miss Anna Brockhausen, Indian- 
apolis. 

To accomplish the work of the Registration Committee a 
committee of twelve Vice-Chairmen were appointed, being one 
for each township except Center, which was divided into four 
sections, a Vice-Chairman to each section. The Vice-Chair- 
men each appointed a Township Chairman, a resident in the 
township, who in turn appointed her registrars. Another 
committee of four colored women, also called Vice-Chairmen, 
were appointed to attend to the registration of the colored 
women. Total number of women registered, 61,630. 

In the weighing, measuring and examining of children 
under six years, in the Children's Year program, 212 clinics 
were held from May to August, in which 5,347 children were 
examined and 2,864 reported free from physical defects; 
51,203 were enrolled. The keynote of this work was quality 
and not number of children examined. There were ninety- 
seven volunteer physicians, the best in the city, at a time, 
too, when physicians were leaving in large numbers for the 
army. Nurses were not less faithful, one assistant in each 
clinic, recruited from hospitals, schools, private duty nurse 
lists and from the home. The Children's Bureau made no 
provision for a file to be kept in the local districts as a basis 
of follow-up work. Accordingly, the Child Welfare Committee 



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completed a double file, one giving the physical defects oi 
each child examined, each township filed separately, the other 
of children registered but not examined. These are in a filing 
case in the Juvenile Court room for the use of all entitled to 
examine them, and especially useful to the Child Welfare 
nurses, who are to find and bring into the clinics the defective 
children. Arrangements have been completed with the City 
Hospital, City Dispensary, medical and surgical specialists and 
dentists for all possible correction of these defects. 

The Educational Propaganda Committee gathered the fol- 
lowing report from blanks sent out. These figures are correct 
as far as they go, but are incomplete, and if understood to 
represent only a part of the school activities, will serve to 
show the value of the schools as an agency for war work. 
This report is limited to pupils and does not include teachers: 

$444,925 worth of Liberty Bonds owned by 6,902 pupils. 

$393,661.87 worth of W. S. S. sold by schools; 12 schools had not 
preserved records. 

$285,962 worth of Thrift Stamps sold by schools. 

30,000 pupils reported as savers. 

$8,789.27 given for Foreign Relief work. 

$4,684.24 contributed to Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A. and K. of C. 

$5,287.64 contributed to other public enterprises, including In- 
dianapolis War Chest. 

Contributions made to hospital at Fort Benjamin Harrison. 

9,761 pupils and two parochial schools contributed clothing, toys, 
etc. 

593 orphans adopted by schools and by individual pupils. 

19,218 books contributed for soldiers. 

800 or more Smileage books bought. 

Commercial departments contributed cards, letters, mimeographing. 

Art departments contributed war posters and maps. 

6,212 pupils members of American Red Cross. 

17,928 pupils members of Junior Red Cross. 

883 worked in surgical dressings. 

8,095 pupils and six parochial schools sewed for Red Cross. 

6,285 pupils and eleven parochial schools did knitting for Red Cross. 

222 had use of car for war work. 

15,627 did successful gardening in 1917. 

21,402 had gardens in 1918. 

100% furnished homes with thrift cards. 

28,000 worked for conservation of food and waste material. 

Some interesting work was done in educational propa- 
ganda by the colored women, Mrs. Ella Clay being a member 
of the committee and represented the colored women. Mrs. 



Clay org-anized twelve colored women in the work of com- 
munity units. Each of the twelve prepared a paper upon one 
of the war measures, each taking a different measure, and 
read the paper to a company called for that purpose or to 
some regular neightorhood meeting, such as a literary or 
church club, thus teaching the meaning of the different fed- 
eral commissions and the necessity for obeying them. The 
following subjects were taught: Registration of men for 
draft; registration of women for war service; registration of 
children for record; the commission controlling public utili- 
ties; fight or work order; the issue of Liberty Loan Bonds, 
War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps; the meat, wheat 
and sugar commissions and use of substitutes; the coal com- 
mission; the national prohibition measure; the control of 
labor ; the farming army ; the duty of reporting disloyal words 
and acts, and of refraining from idle talk and censure. 

Reporting to the Home Economics Chairman was the 
Liberty Kitchen, which opened in Indianapolis July 8, where 
they held public demonstrations in cooking and the use of 
substitutes, in canning and drying fruits and vegetables, etc. 
They also gave demonstrations in homes, settlement centers, 
food clubs and church organizations. The trained domestic 
science workers in charge of the kitchen also had articles 
daily in our newspapers. During the influenza epidemic the 
kitchen was turned into a diet kitchen, where proper food 
was prepared for the men in service as well as civilians. The 
kitchen also served as a clearing house for supplies which 
were sent for the sick. 

The yearly report of the Home Demonstration work in 
Indianapolis from December 1, 1917, to December, 1918, shows 
that 23,449 people have been reached directly by demonstra- 
tions or talks. This does not include telephone or office calls, 
literature distributed, and exhibits, of which thirteen have 
been prepared. 

Mrs. MiessQ, Chairman of the Food Production Committee, 
reported that the Patriotic Gardeners' Association of Indian- 
apolis was so successful in its work and covered the ground 
so thoroughly it seemed unnecessary to undertake anything 
herself. This association estimated between 70,000 and 80,000 
gardens under cultivation in the city of Indianapolis for the 
year 1918, with a total value of $1,500,000. 



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The Red Cross work, including the Canteen, which was 
done in Indianapolis was so stupendous it is impossible for 
us with our limited space to give a creditable and adequate 
account of it. 

The Marion County Motor Corps drilled twice a week and 
had instructions in auto mechanics. They answered Canteen 
calls, met troop trains in conjunction with the Canteen, drove 
Canadian soldiers to factories and churches where they spoke, 
di'ove French soldiers on tour of city and French officers to 
official dinner and military ball, and two cars drove French 
officers to Terre Haute to parade. They also rendered invalu- 
able assistance during the Liberty Loan drives and in taking- 
soldiers and officers to and from the camps. This organiza- 
tion was taken over by the Red Cross and has greatly in- 
creased its activities. 

The Travelers' Aid met thousands of trains and gave as- 
sistance of every nature to women and children, and too much 
cannot be said of the value of the work performed. 

Mrs. Ralph Kennington, County Chairman of the Health 
and Recreation Committee, was a member of the War Camp 
Community Service Board of Indiana and had under her care 
and direction the recreation houses — the Propylaeum, Wood- 
ruff Place Club House and ihe Riverside Canoe Club. The 
recreation houses offered facilities to the men for rest, letter- 
writing, for reading all the latest papers and magazines, and 
for meating their friends. Dances were given every Saturday 
night in these recreation houses, where the men had the 
pleasure of meeting young women and girls who had been 
properly vouched for and received cards of admission. Holi- 
days were observed by serving of delicious suppers before the 
dances began. Through the Hospitality Committee of the 
recreation houses hundreds of men were invited into private 
homes for dinners. 

The Y. V/. C. A. erected and maintained a Hostess House 
at Fort Benjamin Harrison and placed one of their secretaries 
in charge. 

The Daughters of Isabella, the Catholic League for Wom- 
an's Service, and several other societies of Catholic women 
have ably assisted the Knights of Columbus in furnishing 
delightful dances, concerts, plays, picnics and suppers to the 
men in service, and in addition to this entertained a great 



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number of soldiers at dinner in private homes. Every Sunday 
morning the women of the difl'erent Cathohc parishes served 
breakfast for the men, after eight o'clock mass, in the Knights 
of Columbus building at the Fort. Also, at the Knights of 
Columbus building was maintained a registry, where men who 
were expecting relatives to visit them registered and, if they 
desired, the Daughters of Isabella met these relatives at the 
train and in many cases entertained them in their homes. 

The Jewish Council of Women entertained soldiers at din- 
ner every Saturday evening in their club house, and many 
groups of soldiers were entertained at dinner at the Hotels 
Ssverin and Claypopl by clubs, organizations and individuals 
of Jewish birth, while a very large number entertained them 
in their homes. 

Mrs. Charles B. Foster gave delightful concerts weekly at 
the Fort and the Speedway, while the Little Theater Society 
presented plays at frequent intervals. 

The Army Adult Bible Committee of the Marion County 
Sunday School Association gave a series of entertainments in 
the Y. M. C. A. building at Fort Benjamin Harrison. 

The Woman's Civic Bureau of Indianapolis was organized 
with Mrs. Frank Lahr, president, and 150 members, each on 
the Mothers' Visitation and Lecture Committees. The pur- 
pose of this bureau was to do preventive work for the pro- 
tection of girls, the first step being to seek the co-operation 
of the mothers of the girls. 

Various organizations of women gave a very great amount 
of time performing the very useful task of sewing and mend- 
ing for the boys in khaki, and during the influenza epidemic 
they offered their invaluable services in nursing the sick. We 
regret that space will not permit us to mention the many 
additional groups and organizations that did so much for the 
men in service when they were in our midst. 

The Marion County Ladies' Auxiliary, Ancient Order of 
Hibernians, organized a Red Cross unit, with headquarters 
in the Occidental Building, and operated it at the expense of 
their organization. They had an average of twenty workers 
five days each week, and two of their members, Mrs. Mar- 
garet Sullivan and Mrs. Margaret Harrington, each had over 
800 hours of Red Cross work to their credit. This organi- 
zation also entertained the men in service with musical pro- 



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grams and pie socials. They also took an active part in Red 
Cross memberships and Liberty Bonds, selling over $20,000 
for the Third Liberty Loan. Also donated $200 for mass 
outfits for army chaplains. 

The Junior Red Cross of Indianapolis conducted a bargain 
store, which in seven weeks had total receipts of $2,124.24 
and expenses of $64.70, and in addition to the store cleared 
$244.42 on salvage. The Junior Red Cross pupils of School 
No. 52 made a blanket sixty by sixty of spruce paper, which 
it was claimed was the first blanket of this kind to be made 
in America by the Junior Red Cross. 

For food conservation 7,000 women in the county were 
organized into food clubs under Mrs. Irene V. Webb. 

In the Third Liberty Loan Campaign the Woman's Com- 
mittee secured subscriptions amounting to $4,280,250, and in 
the Fourth Liberty Loan $8,000,000. 

MARSHALL COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. E. N. Cook, Plymouth 

Executive Cotnmittee, County Chairvien of Committees 

Eegistration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. E. N. Cook, Plymouth. 

Food Production Mrs. Frank Pulver, Plymouth. 

Home Economics Mrs. C. W. Baker, Plymouth. 

Child Welfare Mrs. E. B. Milnor, Plymouth. 

Health and Recreation. . Mrs. S. N. Stevens, Plymouth. 

Food Administration Mrs. Julia K. Blaine, Plymouth. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Floyd Bunnell, Plymouth. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Rev. W. J. Cordick, Ply- 
mouth. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Winnie L. Humrichouser, 

Plymouth. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Alice Langdon, Plymouth. 

Publicity Mrs. J. H. Willey, Plymouth. 

Women in Industry Mrs. C. F. Holtzendorf, Plymouth. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. S. N. Stevens, Plymouth. 

Americanization 

Organized January, 1918. 

This county was most thoroughly organized, with a Chair- 
man in each township, with the County Chairmen of the 
various woman's organizations, twenty-three in number, as 
members of the Advisory Committee. 



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Women registered for war service, 5,000. 

Talks made by Fourteen-Minute Women, 75. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 15; number in attendance, 1,500. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 10,000. 

Credited to women in Liberty Loan campaigns, $624,625. 

Clinics for the examination of babies were held in every 
township except three, and 1,100 babies were examined. 
Hearty co-operation of doctors and nurses was given in this 
great work. 

Food clubs were organized in every community in the 
county, and three trained food demonstrators gave their serv- 
ices free of charge. 

Vacant lots were systematized and farmed by the poorer 
class. War gardens were given a great deal of publicity and 
prizes given for the best gardens. 

The Home and Foreign Relief Committee in this county 
was very closely affiliated with the Red Cross, Mrs. W. J. 
Cordick serving as Chairman of both committees. These 
committees took in all charitable organizations in the county 
and organized them, with Mrs. Cordick as Chairman. With 
such an organization as this, excellent results were obtained 
and much accomplished without any duplication of effort. 

The Transportation Committee served wherever needed 
and rendered very valuable assistance. 

MARTIN COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Mary Reynolds, Loogootee 
Executive Committee, County Chairmeyi of Coinmittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Virginia Steele, Loogootee. 

Food Production Mrs. Susie Brooks, Shoals. 

Home Economics Miss EiRe Williams, Shoals. 

Child Welfare Mrs. .James Clifton, Shoals. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. John Neighbors, Shoals. 

Food Administration Miss Agatha Risacher, Loogootee. 

Liberty Loan Miss Agnes Hughes, Shoals. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Eppie Reily, Loogootee. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. P. P. Engleman, Shoals. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Charles Hall, Shoals. 

Special Committee Mrs. L. C. Brooks, Loogootee. 

Publicity Mrs. Harry G. Strange, Loogootee. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Isom Ackerman, Loogootee. 

Americanization Mrs. Will Moser, Loogootee. 

Organized November, 1917, and was very soon completely organized 
with Township Councils. 



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Women registered for war service, 3,000. 

Babies examined, 1,079. 

Collected by women for Liberty Loan campaigns, $86,175. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 12. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 25. 

Approximate nmnber in attendance, 750. 

Food clubs, 5. 

Red Cross work January 15, 1918, to August 15, 1918, 1,084 articles. 

No record was kept of books and magazines sent to sol- 
diers and sailors, but a large number were sent. 

Special attention was given to gardens and the conserving 
of food by canning and drying all surplus. 

The Child Welfare workers consider much good was de- 
rived from the examining of children under six years of age, 
as the work was done by physicians, and parents were told 
of defects of which they were unaware. 

MIAMI COUNTY 
Chairman, Mrs. Jessie H. West, Peru 

Executive Committee^ County Chamnen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Charles N. McClure, Peru. 

Food Production Mrs. Willis Flora, Chili. 

Home Economics Mrs. Riley King, Peru. 

Child Welfare Mrs. E. B. Wetherow, Peru. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Berne Welch, Peru. 

Food Administration Miss Nell Peff erman, Peru. 

Liberty Loan Miss Carrie Rhein, Peru. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. J. O. Cole, Peru. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Miss Clara Mowbray, Peru. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Gertrude Thiebaud, Peru. 

Publicity Mrs. Mary Mowbray, Peru. 

Women in Industry Miss Louise Kinsey, Peru. 

Americanization Mrs. C. A. Baldwin, Peru. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Miss Harrriet Henton, Peru. 

Motor Corps Miss Louise Hoffman, Captain, 

Peru. 
Liberty Guards Miss Helen Sullivan, Captain, 

Peru. 

Liberty Chorus Miss Anna K. McLaughlin, Peru. 

Historian Miss Eleanor Kortholl, Peru. 

Organized November, 1917, being completely organized in every 
department. 

Eight thousand five hundred three women registered for 
War service. These registration cards were of great benefit 
when it was necessary to have a survey of the nurses in the 



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county, when it was found that 350 women had registered 
as trained and practical nurses, and twenty-two registered 
during the survey. The Chairman of the Registration Com- 
mittee also acted as Chairman of the committee in the drives 
for clothing for the French and Belgians, when 6,200 pounds 
of clothing were shipped. 

The organization work of the Child Welfare Committee, 
as also the examination of children under six years of age, 
was done by Mrs. William Barry, the first Chairman of this 
committee. When it became necessary for Mrs. Barry to 
resign, Mrs. Wetherow was appointed to succeed her. Mrs. 
Wetherow, with the help of high school girls, collected the 
data and transferred the material to a card, which was sent 
to Washington. Physicians and nurses were very generous 
with their services, and 1,687 children were examined. 

The Woman's Speakers' Bureau was in working order 
before the state organization of the Fourteen-Minute Women, 
but after this organization was completed the Woman's Speak- 
ers' Burau became the Fourteen-Minute Women of Miami 
County. These women responded to calls for addresses on 
war work on all occasions, speaking at War Chest meetings, 
food meetings, on W. C. T.U. programs, at Sunday-school 
conventions, at farmers' institutes, teachers' institutes, parent- 
teacher meetings, missionary meetings, lodge sessions. Red 
Cross and patriotic school meetings. Liberty Loan and Thrift 
Stamp drive meetings and at some regular church services. 
In July the Chairman was called to Washington for service 
as manager of the office of the News Department of the 
Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, the 
Fourteen-Minute Women being left in charge of the County 
Chairman of the Woman's Section. The Fourteen-Minute 
Women were well received, in some instances having the prin- 
cipal place on the program. 

At the beginning of the great war the first thought, next 
to men, was food. "Food will win the war." Naturally the 
leaders of our nation turned to the women to solve the prob- 
lem, and quickly the answer came: "We will plant gardens 
enough for our families and save transportation for war ma- 
terials." For this reason a committee was named with a 
Chairman of Food Production under the Woman's Section, and 
under the County Chairman the Township Chairmen were 
named. Many of these women did excellent work. Our slogan 



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was "Plant a Garden," and 85% of Miami County's families 
owned a garden. Many were the ways in which we worked 
to get results — through the papers, writing letters to Town- 
ship Chairmen, and talks by Fourteen-Minute Women. We 
planted and tended gardens ourselves and talked gardens to 
our neighbors. The idea was to induce ten women who had 
never made a garden before to do so, and less than ten were 
found who would not try. 

It is impossible in the limited space to give an account of 
the work done by the Educational Propaganda Committee, 
whose Chairman was also librarian of the Peru Public Library 
and for a time was loaned to the American Library Associa- 
tion to do some work in Washington, during which time Mrs. 
E. N. Wetherow took charge of this work. All suggestions 
made by the State Chairman of this committee were carefully 
followed, including the distribution of 5,300 copies of the letter 
"To the Children of Indiana" to all children in the public and 
parochial schools in the county; copies of "War Subjects for 
Club Programs" to all literary, franchise and parent-teacher 
clubs and missionary societies of the county; copies of the 
reading list "Patriotism," published by the New York Public 
Library, distributed to ministers, teachers, club members and 
business men and women. The A. L. A. work of the county 
was carried on by the local library, also the troop train work 
in Peru was carried by the library staff, aided by the girls 
of the Motor Corps, who collected late magazines from the 
homes on each Monday afternoon, bringing them to the 
library. Thousands of books were collected and shipped to 
camps and cantonments in this country and across the seas. 

Food clubs were organized all over the county. Food dem- 
onstrations were held at frequent intervals, and August 5th 
to 17th Miss Reba Smith gave a series of demonstrations. 
The Home Economics Committee Chairman arranged an ex- 
hibit at the Converse fair and demonstrated the use of sub- 
stitutes, and in connection with the Chairman of the food 
clubs arranged an exhibit and demonstrations at the great 
Apple Show held by the Northern Division of the Horticul- 
tural Association November 11 to 16, at which time Miss 
Alma Garvin of Purdue University gave the demonstrations. 

The Girls' Liberty Guard was composed of eighty-five 
young ladies organized for the purpose of assisting in war 
work. They also held meetings each week, at which drilling 



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and physical exercises were taught by men with mihtarj'' 
training and experience. This organization was continually 
called upon to take part in parades and patriotic gatherings, 
at which they performed their military tactics and made a 
striking and beautiful appearance in uniform. During the 
Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign they sold approximately 
$63,000 worth of bonds. They also assisted various patriotic 
organizations in their war work. It is the plan of the organi- 
zation to continue its work and perform canteen work upon 
the arrival home of soldiers and sailors. 

The members of the Woman's Section of this county 
adopted a French orphan for one year, thinking they could 
thus continue their war work together for a time. 

MONROE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Robert G. Miller, Bloomington; Mrs. John Kerr, 
Bloomington; Mrs. Thomas G. Karsell, Bloomington 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Miss Jessie Hogate, Bloomington. 

Food Production Mrs. F. A. Winslow, Bloomington. 

Home Economics Miss Martha Livingston, Blooming- 
ton. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Minnie Waldron, Bloomington. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. C. E. Harris, Bloomington. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Fred Batman, Bloomington. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 
Agencies Mrs. C. E. Edmonson, Blooming- 
ton. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Mary Kerr. 

Publicity Miss Lena Bright, Bloomington. 

Women in Industry Mrs. Minnie Waldron, Bloomington. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. W. W. Black, Bloomington. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. John A. Hunter, Bloomington. 

The Woman's Section was organized in November, 1917, 
with Mrs. Thomas G. Karsell as Chairman, who served until 
March, 1917, when ill health forced her to resign. Mrs. John 
Kerr, who was Secretary of the Monroe County Council of 
Defense and a member of the council, took charge of the 
work. In May, 1918, Mrs. Robert G. Miller was appointed 
to succeed Mrs. Karsell as a member of the council, after 
which time Mrs. Miller and Mrs, Kerr worked together as 
Chairman and Assistant Chairman of the Woman's Section. 

The various committees were well organized and did their 
work very thoroughly. 



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The Chairman of the Food Production Committee was 
also County Organizer of Federal Food Clubs. The plan for 
organizing the food clubs was to establish a community club 
of women to do all kinds of war work for women in every 
school district in the county. Thus a very close and inclusive 
organization was effected. The food clubs had committees 
on both conservation and production and were furnished a 
suggested program which assigned for discussion a topic on 
production at alternate meetings. The committee encouraged 
the general increase in production and secured and distributed 
for educational purposes government bulletins and other au- 
thentic instructions and information. 

The Food Conservation Committee held public demonstra- 
tions, distributed recipes, and in every way urged the use of 
substitutes and the conservation of food. 

The Registration Committee registered 4,460 women for 
war service. 

For the Fourth Liberty Loan forty women workers were 
credited with subscriptions to the amount of $224,250, in the 
Third with $54,100. 

Nine hundred ninety-one children under six years of age 
are reported examined and the work not yet completed. The 
Children's Year work was started with a large parade of 
school children bearing banners marked "The Child, the Na- 
tion's Last Reserve." On this day letters were sent to trustees 
of each township asking them to organize for the weighing 
and measuring tests. The Child Welfare Committee imme- 
diately organized its corps of workers: physicians, eight 
registered nurses, medical students from the Indiana Univer- 
sity School of Medicine, a number of nurses' aids recruited 
from students and Bloomington women who had had courses 
in first aid and in home care of the sick, clerks and hostesses. 
For this group of workers the committee conducted a two 
weeks' training school, to which the public was also invited. 
There were lectures and demonstrations by sociologists, social 
workers, dentists, physicians, dietitians and home economics 
specialists, teachers in the public schools, the juvenile judge 
and educators on such subjects as: "The Purposes of the 
National Baby Campaign," "The National Council of Defense 
and the Federal Children's Bureau," "Mouth Hygiene," "Baby 
Hygiene," "Food for Babies and Grown Children," "The 
Birthrate and the Standard of Living," "Work and a Living 



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Wage," "Infant Mortality," 'The Child in the Schools," 'The 
Child in the Courts," 'The Undernourished Child," "Eugenics 
and Causes of Waste of Human Life," "The Work of the 
Home Health Volunteers," and "Infants and Infants' Dis- 
eases." These lectures were given in addition to instructions 
and demonstrations on the weighing and measuring tests. 

During the time of this school of instructions a vigorous 
publicity campaign was carried on. The lectures were re- 
ported in detail in the local papers and special articles were 
also put in the papers in regard to the weighing and measur- 
ing, and various other means employed to give it wide pub- 
licity. 

The Committee feels that the greatest general result of 
the weighing and measuring test has been the awakening of 
the community to the physical, mental and spiritual needs of 
the child. 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. S. C. Rowland, Crawfordsville 
Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Comm,ittees 

Registration for Woman's Service . . . Mrs. John Brown, Ladoga. 

Food Production Mrs. John Warner, Crawfordsville. 

Home Economics Mrs. J. J. Wingert, Crawfordsville. 

Child Welfare Dr. Martha Griffith, Crawfords- 
ville. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Ella Myers, Crawfordsville. 

Food Administration Miss Elizabeth Cowan, Crawfords- 
ville. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. S. C. Rowland, Crawfords- 
ville. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Chas. Ross, Crawfordsville. . 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. E. E. Ballard, Ci-awfordsville. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Anna Wilson, Crawfordsville. 

Publicity Miss Katherine Pickett, Crawfords- 
ville. 
Miss Harriett Hill, Crawfordsville. 

Americanization Mrs. Emerson E. Ballard, Craw- 
fordsville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Frances Abraham, Crawfords- 
ville. 
Organized December, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 6,257. 

Babies examined, 1,616 (to be completed). 

Collected by women for Liberty Loan campaigns, $930,950. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 56. 

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Food and canning demonstrations, 40. 
Number in attendance, 1,826. 
. Cook books and leaflets distributed, 19,728. 
Estimated home gardens, 1,454. 
Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 1,066. 
Magazines sent to soldiers and sailors, 1,400. 

Collected with which to buy technical books for soldiers and sailors, 
$550. 

Red Cross work January 1st to July 1st, 11,804 articles. 



MORGAN COUNTY 

Chairman, Miss Mary Bain, Martinsville 
Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. J. E. Robinson, Martinsville. 

Food Production Mrs. John Cantasey, Morgantown. 

Home Economics Mrs. Vern Macey, Mooresville. 

Child Welfare Miss Myrtle C. Cantasey, Morgan- 
town. 

Health and Recreation Miss Dorothy Cunningham, Mar- 
tinsville. 

Food Administration Mrs. E. C. Shireman, Martinsville. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Everett R. Ryan, Monrovia. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. C. A. Hubbard, Martinsville. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 
Agencies Mrs. Mattie Hodges, Paragon. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Mary Ellis, Martinsville. 

Special Committee Mrs. N. H. Gano, Martinsville. 

Publicity Mrs. A. G. Rose, Martinsville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. H. L. McGinnis, Martinsville. 

Organized December, 1917. 

During the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign eighty-eight 
women workers sold subscriptions amounting to $290,975; in 
the Third Loan with $112,700. 

From April, 1918, to April, 1919, 29,379 articles were 
made for the Red Cross. This does not include number of 
quilts made and donated nor linen shower from Mooresville 
and Morgantown. War Mothers donated 237 articles, besides 
thirty-six dozen eggs and 195 cans of jelly and $1.50 cash 
to the hospitals at West Baden and Fort Benjamin Harrison. 

The Registration Committee registered 5,580 women for 
war service. 

The Chairman of Food Production, also Conservation, 
organized food clubs throughout the county, sent directions 
for making cheese, and packing butter, etc. 



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NEWTON COUNTY 

Chairman, Miss Ada E. Bush, Kentland; Mrs. Adda V. White, 

Kentland 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Harry F. Little, Goodland. 

Food Production Mrs. Young Dearduff, Brook. 

Home Economics Mrs. Lenore Allen, Kentland. 

Child Welfare Miss Frances Ott, Morocco. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. R. C. McCain, Kentland. 

Food Administration Mrs. R. R. Cummings, Kentland. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Adda V. White, Kentland. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Frank Kennedy, Goodland. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Thomas H. Dixon, Kentland. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Wm. O. Schanlaub, Kentland. 

Publicity Mrs. C. M. Davis, Kentland. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. John G. Davis, Kentland, 

Organized December, 1917, with Miss Ada E. Bush as 
Chairman. Miss Bush resigned, and in July, 1918, Mrs. Adda 
V. White was appointed to succeed her. 

Women registered for war service, 3,352. 

During the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign there were 
seventy women workers, who were credited with securing 
subscriptions amounting to $265,000 ; during the Third with 
S95,000. 

More than 700 children were examined in this county. 
The greatest problem revealed was that of feeding. The 
Chairman of the committee, who is a registered nurse, worked 
out a dietary for three child ages — for the child under one 
year of age, for the child three years, and for the child six 
years — and had this published. This dietary was made as 
simple as possible, so that any mother without further train- 
ing could follow the directions. The Chairman also instructed 
the mothers in methods of feeding especially designed to over- 
come the indifference to food often shown by delicate chil- 
dren. The Chairman of the committee gave special talks to 
mothers in libraries, churches, schools, etc. The recreational 
program has been given over to the teachers. 

NOBLE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. M. C. Beck, Albion; Mrs. W. B. Van Gerder, Albion 
Woman's Section not organized. 



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OHIO COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Louise Cooper, Rising Sun; Mrs. Ella G. Stewart, 

Rising Sun 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Sadie Green, Rising Sun. 

Food Production Mrs. Elmer Bailey, Aurora. 

Home Economics . .Miss Edna North, Rising Sun. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Emma Gibson, Rising Sun. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. George H. Hansell, Rising 

Sun. 

Food Administration Mrs. Fannie Green, Rising Sun. 

Liberty Loan Miss Adaline Griswald, Rising 

Sun. 
Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Nettie McConnell, Rising 

Sun. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Miss Christine North, Rising Sun. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Henry B. Sparks, Rising 

Sun. 

Special Committee Mrs. Lewis C. Cowen, Rising Sun. 

Publicity Mrs. Mary Perkins, Rising Sun. 

Ohio is the smallest county in the State. 

The Woman's Section was organized in September, 1917, 
with Mrs. Louise Cooper as Chairman. After Mrs. Cooper's 
resignation, Mrs. Ella C. Stewart was appointed to succeed 
her. 

Collected by women for Liberty Loan campaigns, $160,050. 

Collected by women for War Savings Stamps, $30,000. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, several hundred. 

Estimated number of home gardens, 500. 

Food clubs, 4. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 27. 

Red Cross Avork done, 1,664 articles. 

Women registered for war service, 1,381. 

The Registration Committee had its work so well in hand 
and advertised that it was unnecessary to have a house-to- 
house canvass, all of the women coming to the registration 
booths in the various townships. It is estimated that prac- 
tically 100% of the women registered for war service. 

ORANGE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Thos. B. Buskirk, Paoli; Mrs. Evalou Stephenson, 

Orleans 

Woman's Section not organized. 



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OWEN COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. John M. Smith, Spencer 

Executive Cofmnittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. T. H. Cochran, Spencer. 

Food Production Mrs. E. E. McCord, Spencer. 

Home Economics Mrs. Perry Mcintosh, Freedom. 

Child Welfare Mrs. T. G. Pierson, Spencer. 

Food Administration Mrs. 0. F. Gray, Spencer. 

Liberty Loan Miss Ura Sanders, Gosport. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Willis Holliman, Spencer. 

Publicity Miss Myrtle Griffin, Spencer. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. N. D. Cox, Spencer. 

Organized February, 1918. 

Women registered for war service, 3,250. 
Collected for Liberty Loan campaigns, $172,500. 

Collected by children for War Savings Stamps campaign, $2,000. 
Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 36. 
Canning demonstrations, 12. 
Approximate number in attendance, 350. 
Cook books and leaflets distributed, 500. 
Estimated number home gardens, 3,000. 
Food clubs, 32. 
Babies examined, 800. 

Red Cross work (including surgical dressings), 53,732 articles. 
Used clothing, 2,340 pounds. 

French Relief work included 1,250 hospital garments, 36 layettes, 
and 8 orphans supported. 

As a result of the examination of children under six years 
of age, the services of a trained nurse in the local hospital 
were secured for the follow-up work. This nurse gives every 
Wednesday afternoon for free consultations. Patriotic Play 
Week was observed at the time of the chautauqua in a 
Juvenile Week, terminating in a beautiful patriotic pageant 
preceding the regular chautauqua. 

PARKE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. F. W. Leatherman, Rockville 

Executive Comviittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. John Glosson, Rockville. 

Food Production Miss Marian McMillan, Rockville. 

Home Economics Miss Marian McMillan, Rockville. 

Child Welfare Mrs. William Pease, Rockville. 

Health and Recreation Miss Mary E. Lambert, Rockville. 



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Food Administration Mrs. H. H. Dooley, Rockville. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. E. S. Brubeck, Rockville. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. James Elder, Rockville. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. A. H. Starke, Rockville. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Ella Nichols, Rockville. 

Publicity Mrs. I. R. Strouse, Rockville. 

Mrs. Frances Sherill, Rockville. 

Americanization Mrs. W. D. Adams, Rosedale. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Rufus Dooley, Rockville. 

Organized July, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 5,040. 
Babies examined, 500. 

Collected for Liberty Loan campaign, $236,050. 
Collected for War Savings Stamps, $300,000. 
Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 104. 
Canning and Food demonstrations, 111. 
Number in attendance, 6,152. 
Cook books and leaflets distributed, thousands. 
Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 96. 

Collected with which to buy books for soldiers and sailors, $168.80. 
Food clubs, 53. 

It is estimated that 75% of the people had war gardens. 
Red Cross work done: Hospital garments, 15,038; hospital sup- 
plies, 6,943; knitted garments, 2,050; surgical dressings, 17,333. 
Refugee garments, 3,054. 
Linen shower, 2,844 articles. 



PERRY COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Lee Rodman, Cannelton 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Edward Stitch, Cannelton. 

Food Production Miss Florence Weatherholt, Tobins- 

port. 
Mrs. Frank Sanders, Tobinsport. 

Home Economics Mrs. Wm. Krogman, Tell City. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Pearl Hafele, Cannelton. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Wm. Bergenroth, Troy. 

Food Administration Mrs. Edward Stitch, Cannelton. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Wm. C. Conway, Cannelton. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Lee Rodman, Cannelton. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Josie Nicolay, Cannelton. 

Publicity Mrs. Mary Cummings, Tell City. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Mary Cummings, Tell City. 

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Women registered for war service, 3,520. 

Collected for Liberty Loan campaign, $139,750. 

Collected by women and children for War Savings Stamp cam- 
paign, $74,360. 

Talks by Fourteen -Minute Women, 12. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 8. 

Approximate attendance, 260. 

Estimated home gardens in three towns, 500 (impossible to esti- 
mate gardens in entire county). 

Food clubs, more than 20. 

Books sent soldiers and sailors, 1,056. 

Magazines sent soldiers and sailors, several hujidred. 

Collected with which to buy technical books for soldiers and 
sailors, $4. 

Red Cross, 22,571 articles. 



PIKE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Philip Abel, Petersburg; Mrs. Edna Wilhite, 

Petersburg 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Cotnmittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Miss Edna Bell, Petersburg. 

Food Production Miss Adda George, Petersburg. 

Home Economics Mrs. W. L. Clarke, Petersburg. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, Peters- 
burg. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Alice P. Stoops, Petersburg. 

Food Administration Miss Edna Bell, Petersburg. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Sylvester Thompson, Peters- 
burg. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Daisy Boonshot, Petersburg. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. S. W. Chappell, Petersburg. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Anna Bowman, Petersburg. 

Special Committee Mrs. Frank Jean, Petersburg. 

Publicity Miss Edith Davidson, Petersburg. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, Peters- 
burg. 

War Mothers Mrs. Emma Chandler, Petersburg. 

Thrift Stamps Mrs. Philip Kiefer, Petersburg. 

Motor Club Mrs. J. K. Chappell, Petersburg. 

Gifts to Soldiers Mrs. John Watson, Petersburg. 

Co-ordination Mrs. Daniel Bell, Petersburg. 

Y. W. C. A Mrs. Ben Ornbaun, Petersburg. 

Woman's Work Mrs. Joseph Johnson, Petersburg. 

Home Service, Civilian Relief Mrs. Alice P. Stoops, Petersburg. 

The Woman's Section of the Pike County Council of De- 
fense was organized in November, 1917, with Mrs. Philip 



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Abel as Chairman. It became impossible for Mrs. Abel to 
continue in this capacity after May, 1918, when Mrs. Edna 
Wilhite was appointed to succeed her. These able Chairmen 
very thoroughly organized the county for war work, and 
satisfactory results were obtained. 

Six hundred two children under six years of age were 
examined; the Chairman of the Child Welfare Committee 
went into every township and into some of them twice and 
held meetings. Each meeting was attended by a physician 
and -graduate nurse. Homes were visited where the women 
had assembled with their children, and in all cases a thorough 
examination was made. In some townships great difficulty 
was found in making the parents realize the importance of 
the work. 

The Registration Committee registered 4,570 women for 
war service. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan Campaigns the 
Woman's Committee secured subscriptions amounting to 
$205,550. 

PORTER COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. C. W. Boucher, Valparaiso 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Covimittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. E. F. Van Ness, Valparaiso. 

Food Production Mrs. Will Gardner, Valparaiso. 

Home Economics Mrs. Will Gardner, Valparaiso. 

Child Welfare Mrs. D. E. Kelley, Valparaiso. 

Food Administration Mrs. Will Gardner, Valparaiso. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Frank B. Chester, Valparaiso. 

Mrs. H. M. Beer, Valparaiso. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Wayne Wilson, Valparaiso. 

Special Committee Mrs. S. L. Finney, Valparaiso. 

Publicity Mrs. A. O. Bondy, Valparaiso. 

Women in Industry Mrs. Abe Lowenstine, Valparaiso. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. L M. Tenney, Valparaiso. 

Organized November, 1917. 

It is estimated 1,000 children under six years of age were 
examined, though no exact count was kept. A record of all 
children needing follow-up work was kept. 

During the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign 146 women 
workers were credited v/ith subscriptions totaling $404,675. 
In the Third Loan 108 women workers were credited with 
$97,000. 



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POSEY COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Louis H. Keck, Mt. Vernon; Miss Annabelle High- 
man, Mt. Vernon 

Executive Com7niitee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Mary L. Conlin, Mt. Vernon. 

Child Welfare Mrs. C. M. McGreger, Mt. Vernon. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. George Zimmerman, Mt. Ver- 
non. 
, Mrs. Winston Menzies, Mt. Vernon. 

Publicity Miss Annabelle Highman, Mt. Ver- 
non. 

Organized in November, 1917, with Mrs. Louis H. Keck 
as Chairman. In February, 1918, Mrs. Keck resigned, Miss 
Annabelle Highman being appointed to succeed her. 

Four thousand four hundred eighteen women in this 
county registered for war service. 

During the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign 240 women 
workers sold subscriptions to the amount of $491,450; in the 
Third Loan, $286,700. 

PULASKI COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. L. Huddleson, Winamac 

Executive Coramittee, County Chairtnen of Co7nmittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Ned Gorrell, Winamac. 

Food Production Mrs. F. L. Duckes, Winamac. 

Home Economics Mrs. L J. Matthews, Winamac. 

Food Administration Mrs. H. L. Rodgers, Winamac. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Luther Thompson, Winamac. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Dr. Marshall, Winamac. 

Liberty Loan Miss Fern Ale, Winamac. 

Home and Foreign Relief Miss Josie O'Connell, Winamac. 

Miss Genevieve Brown, Winamac. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. G. W. Thompson, Winamac. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Ralph Curtis, Winamac. 

Publicity Mrs. L. Huddleson, Winamac. 

Women in Industry Mrs. Dr. Collins, Winamac. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. E. C. Gorrell, Winamac. 

Organized March 6, 1918. 

Women registered for war service, 2,000. 

Collected by women and children for War Savings Stamp cam- 
paign, $50,000. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 4. 



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Food and canning demonstrations, 90. 

Food clubs, 10. 

Estimated home and vacant lot gardens, 50. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 106. 

Collected with which to buy technical books for soldiers and 
sailors, $90. 

Red Cross work March 26 to August 24, 1918, 2,051 garments, 486 
knitted articles. 

The examination of children under six years of age has 
not been completed. The drive was considered very bene- 
ficial, as it was a means of informing the mothers as to what 
a normal child is as to weight and measurement, and those 
having children not up to the standard are beginning to find 
out why. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign the Woman's Com- 
mittee was credited with securing subscriptions amounting 
to $154,675. 

PUTNAM COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Lou Allen Baker, Greencastle; Mrs. N. C. O'Hair, 

Greencastle. 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Comm,ittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Oscar Thomas, Greencastle. 

Food Production Mrs. S. A. Hazlett, Greencastle. 

Home Economics Mrs. Clay Brothers, Greencastle. 

Child Welfare Miss Irene Huestis, Greencastle. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Mack Jones, Greencastle. 

Food Administration Mrs. Clay Brothers, Greencastle. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Aaron W. Cooper, Green- 
castle. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. A. M. Hootman, Greencastle. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. L. G. Wright, Greencastle. 

Publicity Mrs. N. C. O'Hair, Greencastle. 

Women in Industry Miss Josephine Donnohue, Green- 
castle. 

Americanization Mrs. R. A. Ogg, Greencastle. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. J. L. Randel, Greencastle. 

The first Chairman of the Woman's Section of the Putnam 
County Council of Defense was Mrs. Lou Allen Baker, who 
resigned in December, 1918, and was succeeded by Mrs. N. C. 
O'Hair, who has served as Chairman up to this time. 

Out of a total of 5,698 women over sixteen years of age 
in the county, 5,538 registered for war service. 



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The Fourteen-Minute Women did most effective work for 
the War Savings Stamp drive, the Child Welfare movement, 
the Student Nurse Reserve recruiting, for food conservation 
and production, and in every other movement in which edu- 
cation of the public was necessary. 

The County Chairman of Food Clubs had a President in 
seven townships and the city of Greencastle. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign there were 200 
v/omen workers, who were credited with subscriptions 
amounting to $415,000, and in the Third Loan with $176,000. 

Of the 700 children under six years of age examined, 569 
had a medical examination. Only seven townships of the 
county held examinations, so the work is not yet complete. 
Two or three operations have resulted from the tests. Mothers 
are more on the alert to guard their children's health, and 
much benefit has been derived from this welfare campaign. 
Many mothers expressed their appreciation of the work. 

RANDOLPH COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. L. Ella Clark, Winchester 

Executive Cotnmittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. G. E. Leggett, Winchester. 

Mrs. Cora Veach, Winchester. 

Food Production Mrs. Ella Wilmore, Winchester. 

Home Economics Mrs. Elizabeth Ruby, Winchester. 

Child Welfare Mrs. H. S. Nickerson, Winchester. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. John Morris, Winchester. 

Food Conservation Mrs. J. A. Brown, Winchester. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Grant C. Markle, Winchester. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. J. L. Smith, Winchester. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Elsie Gerhard, Winchester. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. W. W. Reed, Winchester. 

Special Committee Mrs. John P. Clark, Winchester. 

Publicity Mrs. Carl Puckett, Winchester. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. G. E. Leggett, Winchester. 

Organized in summer of 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 7,607. 

Babies examined, 1,790. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 43. 

Approximate attendance, 1,706. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, thousands. 



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Food clubs, 50. 

Red Cross, 10,000 articles. 

Red Cross, $18,102.28. 

Thousands of books and magazines were sent to soldiers 
and sailors, and $266 was collected with which to buy tech- 
nical books for them. 
• It is estimated that every vacant lot was a garden. 

In the War Savings Stamp Campaign women and children 
collected $360,755.15. 

In the First and Second Liberty Loan Campaigns the 
women sold subscriptions amounting to $220,000, and in the 
Fourth Campaign 276 women workers were credited with 
$590,925, while in the Third Loan 115 women were credited 
with $150,000. 

RIPLEY COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Laura Beer, Versailles 

Executive Cotnmittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Laura Row Nelson, Osgood. 

Food Production Mrs. J. A. Hillenbrand, Batesville. 

Home Economics Mrs. J. H. Bergdall, Milan. 

Child Welfare Mrs. W. H. McMullen, Sunman. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Chas. W. Gibson, Batesville. 

Food Administration Mrs. Laura Row Nelson, Osgood. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. D. C. Yates, Hollow. 

Mrs. Luella Butler, Versailles. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. F. M. Laws, Versailles. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Charles S. Royce, Versailles. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Sophia Nickel, Batesville. 

Publicity Mrs. Peter Holzan, Batesville. 

Special Committee Mrs. James Hazerling, Napoleon. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Monta Royce, Versailles. 

One thousand four hundred ninety-four children under six 
years of age were examined in this county, and a canvass 
of the county showed that all children between the ages of 
six and fourteen are in school. 

For the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns women 
workers were credited with securing subscriptions amounting 
to $516,450. 



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RUSH COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Cora M. Stewart, Rushville 

Executive CoTnmittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. L. C. Lambert, Rushville. 

Food Production Mrs. C. L. Smullen, Mays. 

Home Economics Mrs. Burl Matney, New Salem. 

Child Welfare Miss Belle Gregg, Rushville. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Stephen Kelly, Rushville. 

Food Administration Mrs. Burl Matney, Rushville. 

Liberty Loan Miss Anna Bohannon, Rushville. 

Mrs. Cora M. Stewart, Rushville. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Miss Alma Green, Rushville. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Jessie Kitchen, Rushville. 

Publicity Miss Josephine Kelly, Rushville. 

Americanization Miss Jessie Kitchen, Rushville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Miss Mary Sleeth, Rushville. 

Organized May, 1917. 

Since Rush County had for a number of years prior to 
the war been doing many of the things advanced by the 
Council of Defense as requiring special attention, when the 
Woman's Section was organized the agencies already in exist- 
ence carried on the work which they had been doing and 
became a part of the Council of Defense during its existence, 
in most cases, and in others reported their work to the Wom- 
an's Section, and through this channel it was reported to the 
National Council at Washington in connection with the report 
of the Woman's Section of the Council of Defense. 

Rushville has an organization of women whose members 
are elected each year from the women's clubs in the city: 
Social, fraternal, civic, religious, educational, etc. This or- 
ganization is called "The Woman's Council." It pays the 
salary of the visiting nurse and buys all the supplies she needs 
in her work. Every man, woman and child in the city who 
cannot afford to pay for the services of a trained attendant 
during sickness is given such services free of all cost by this 
nurse. The school teachers report every case of physical and 
mental deficiency of indigent children to this organization ; 
also, this organization gets the physical record of the school 
children each year after the physical examination, and each 
child whose parents are too poor to have these defects cor- 
rected is visited some time during the summer months and 



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given the opportunity to have this done without any expense 
to the parents. It has corrected hundreds of cases of defec- 
tive vision, had teeth filled, adenoids and tonsils removed, 
etc. This is not all done for children alone, but also for the 
parents of these children if they cannot afford to have it 
done for themselves. Rush County was one of the first in 
the State to take advantage of the valuable help offered to 
the poor by the Robert W. Long Hospital, Indianapolis. In 
the last year or so the poor have had all kinds of surgical 
help given by this benevolent institution. Mastoid operations 
have been performed, hip diseases treated, cataracts removed, 
goitre cured, etc. 

Other agencies are equally active for the welfare of the 
child ; some of the church women clothe entire classes of girls. 
The sororities of the county give scholarships each year, and 
the club women are also active in this form of work. 

For a number of years the women of this county have 
conducted a baby clinic, to which every mother in the county 
is invited to bring her children. During this clinic the com- 
munity and hospital nurses cared for the children and each 
child received a thorough physical and mental examination, 
the Binet-Simon system for testing for mental defect being- 
used. Physicians, surgeons and dentists give two or three 
hours a day each to this work some time during the day of 
the clinic. Such children whose parents are not financially 
able to bear the cost of treatment for the ailments found are 
offered such treatment free of all cost. 

The high school held a large number of patriotic pro- 
grams in which the main features of the war were explained. 
Patriotic poems were studied in the schools ; once a week each 
grade had a war story; community and life lessons were given 
once a month, many of these on war subjects. The high 
school owns a complete moving picture outfit of the latest 
type. Once a week the children from all the schools in the 
city were assembled in the auditorium of the high school for 
a moving picture show, each show depicting some war fea- 
ture. The films shown were the very best that could be 
obtained. 

During the War Savings Stamp Campaign the Chairman 
of that committee asked the women of the Council of Defense 
to assist in the drive. In two days' time an organization of 



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200 women visited every home in the county and $163,000 
worth of stamps were sold. During the Third Liberty Loan 
Campaign women bought $190,000 worth of bonds, and in 
the Fourth Liberty Loan women purchased $300,000 of these 
bonds. 

It is estimated there were 800 gardens in excess of normal. 

Ten food and canning demonstrations were held, with an 
approximate attendance of 800. There were 1,000 cook books 
and leaflets distributed. More than 4,000 magazines and books 
were sent to soldiers and sailors. 

The Fourteen-Minute Women made eighteen speeches, and 
there were 4,500 women in the county who registered for 
war service. 

SCOTT COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. W. L. Hubbard, Scottsburg 

Executive Coininittee, County Chairtnen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Miss Permelia Boyd, Deputy. 

Food Production Mrs. Ralph Malick, Austin. 

Home Economics Miss Elsie Hughbanks, Scottsburg. 

Food Administration Miss Alice Gamble, Scottsburg. 

Child Welfare Miss Rhoda Hazzard, Scottsburg. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Maud Hough, Scottsburg. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. C. C. James, Lexington. 

Miss Alice Gamble, Scottsburg. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. L. B. Stewart, Scottsburg. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. L. N. Mace, Scottsburg. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Elizabeth Badger, Scottsburg. 

Publicity Mrs. Ray P. Wells, Scottsburg. 

Women in Industry Mrs. H. H. McCormick, Scottsburg. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Susie M. Davis, Scottsburg. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns sub- 
scriptions amounting to $82,600 were sold by the women 
workers. 

One thousand two hundred thirteen women registered for 
war service. 



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SHELBY COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. S. L. Major, Shelbyville; Mrs. John W. Rhodes, 

Shelbyville. 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of CoTnmittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Cora T. Orebaugh, Shelby- 
ville. 

Food Production Miss Ola Billman, Shelbyville. 

Home Economics Mrs. S. L. Major, Shelbyville. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Frank Bass, Shelbyville. 

Health and Recreation Miss Ida J. McCaslin, Shelbyville. 

Liberty Loan Miss Betsy Edwards, Shelbyville. 

Publicity Mrs. Ed Lewis, Shelbyville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. E. K. Montgomery, Shelby- 
ville. 

Mrs. S. L. Major, the first County Chairman of the Wom- 
an's Section of Shelby County, resigned in March, 1918, and 
Mrs. John W. Rhodes was appointed to succeed her. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns the 
women workers sold subscriptions amounting to $350,000. 

The city of Shelbyville responded to the child welfare 
work by co-operating through the schools in correctional 
work. There has been an increased interest in physical edu- 
cation, physical inspection and physical training of children, 
and playgrounds under supervision have been started in con- 
nection with the schools. Through the interest of the mothers 
the schools have organized "Little Health Soldiers." 

In the examination of the children under six years of age 
the schoolhouses were used as centers, 518 children were 
examined and a number of cases of serious physical defects 
discovered, a large number of which have since been cor- 
rected. The work in the county outside of Shelbyville has 
not yet been finished. 

SPENCER COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Alberta K. Huffman, Rockport 

Executive Cominittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Mary Ann Hill, Rockport. 

Food Production Mrs. L. B. Wilkinson, Rockport. 

Home Economics Miss Bonnie Jones, Rockport. 

Child Welfare Mrs. James Bartrim, Rockport. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Bess H. Ehrman, Rockport. 

Food Administration Mrs. J. W. Strassell, Rockport. 

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Liberty Loan Mrs. Arch Stevenson, Rockport. 

Home and Foreign Relief Dr. Eva Buxton, Rockport. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Lewis Woolf oik, Grandview. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Chas. E. Skinner, Rockport. 

Special Committee Mrs. Maud Lang, Rockport. 

Publicity Miss Laura Wright, Rockport. 

Special Committee Mrs. C. C. Mason, Rockport. 

Food Clubs Mrs. James Rimstedt. 

The Woman's Section of the Spencer County Council of 
Defense was organized in February, 1918. Prior to the or- 
ganization of the Woman's Section the Socks for Soldiers 
Committee was organized. They learned to heel and toe socks 
and instructed the knitters. Seventy pairs of socks were 
knitted at an expense of $41.70, which was raised by do- 
nations. 

Through the efforts of the Registration Committee 3,308 
women registered for war service, and the cards were used 
very effectively during the influenza epidemic. 

There was scarcely a home in the county without its war 
garden, and all gardens were cultivated more intensively than 
in previous years. During the summer of 1917 a group of 
eight girls cultivated four acres and cleared $280. 

The Chairman of the Home Economics Committee worked 
with the other Food Administration committees. They se- 
cured a Home Demonstration Agent for the county, who is 
giving demonstrations and forming clubs in all parts of the 
county, so that this work is continuing to benefit the county. 

The Food Conservation Chairman reports a community 
canner established by the Parent-Teachers' Association in 
June, 1917. During this season the output was 1,000 cans 
for home use and seven barrels containing grape juice, catsup, 
apple butter, grape butter, grape jam, apple preserves, canned 
soup, corn, and pumpkin ; also one barrel of apples were 
shipped to the hospital at Camp Taylor. During the 1918 
season the output was 100 cans for home use, and for the 
hospital at West Baden seventy-five cans of preserves, which 
were made by Mrs. R. E. Roberts and Mrs. James Karney. 

In Chrisney there were sixty members of the food club, 
with five kitchens. In the county were forty food clubs. The 
subject of food conservation was kept before the people 
always. 



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One thousand three hundred ninety-nine children under 
six years of age were examined, twenty-one physicians and 
eight nurses giving their services. The subject is kept before 
the people through talks by doctors and nurses before food 
clubs, teachers' institutes and Red Cross units. A playground 
has been established in Rockport. Exhibits were made at the 
State Conference and Rockport Fair. Literature has been 
distributed. 

The Chairman of the Committee on Maintaining Existing 
Social Service Agencies sent requests for reports to the trus- 
tees of the nine townships and received four replies. 

The county was very thoroughly organized by the Chair- 
man of the Liberty Loan Committee. About 100 women 
worked in the two campaigns, all volunteering their services, 
with the following result: 

In the Third Liberty Loan the women's quota was $48,015, 
while they secured 1,069 subscriptions amounting to $163,000. 
In the Fourth Loan their quota was $88,250, and they secured 
1,312 subscriptions, totaling $202,050. Spencer County won 
the supreme honor flag for the St. Louis district in the Third 
Liberty Loan. 

The Fourteen-Minute Women deserve special mention. 
The amount of good accomplished by the untiring efforts of 
these patriotic workers cannot be estimated. There were 
twenty-five women speakers, twenty-five men who helped, 
thirty machines loaned, 180 meetings in rural districts, and 
meetings in five towns. From two to six persons spoke at 
each meeting and all phases of war work were presented. 

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. K. C. De Rhodes, South Bend. 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Thomas A. Olney, South 

Bend. 

Food Production Miss Amanda McCombs, South 

Bend. 
Home Economics and Food Conserva- 
tion Mrs. Victor L. Jones, South Bend. 

Miss Adah Hillier, South Bend. 

Child Welfare Mrs. George O'Brien, South Bend. 

Liberty Loan Miss Alice Jenkins, South Bend. 

Mrs. Victor Jones, South Bend. 



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Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Horace L. Greene, South 

Bend. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. A. J. Austin, South Bend. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Maud Heath, South Bend. 

Publicity Mrs. Maurice L. Kahn, South 

Bend. 

Women in Industry Miss Lottie Peffley, South Bend. 

Americanization Mrs. Homer Miller, South Bend. 

Motor Corps Geraldine Robertson, Captain, 

South Bend. 
Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. K. C. DeRhodes, South Bend. 

The weighing and measuring of babies campaign was 
started with a big meeting of all the Children's Dispensary 
members, Ward and Township Chairmen and others inter- 
ested. The walls of the room were decorated with beautiful 
original posters, which are to form the nucleus for St. Joseph 
County's permanent collection of exhibit material. 

The physicians, nurses and volunteer workers were un- 
tiring in the work. Seven thousand four hundred thirty-three 
children under six years of age were weighed, measured and 
examined, each child being examined by a physician. One 
hundred seventy-five clinics were held ; seventy-five physicians 
and eighty-seven nurses gave their services, as well as 495 
volunteer workers. The follow-up work will be done through 
the Children's Dispensary nurses. 

The Back to School Drive was sponsored by the Educa- 
tional Committee with the aid of the school authorities. This 
committee did the preliminary work of sending speakers to 
clubs, community center meetings and schools. Letters were 
sent to ministers asking their co-operation, and publicity given 
through the press. Children in all public and parochial 
schools were asked to write short essays on some phase of 
the question, and many of these were published in the Sunday 
paper on Child Labor Day, which made a special feature of 
the Back to School Drive. We have direct knowledge that 
this work alone was the means of keeping many children 
from leaving school who had previously intended doing so. 
The work is being continued through the school year by the 
Department of School Attendance. Hundreds of letters were 
sent out by this department to parents of children who had 
left school, and many of these have been personally inter- 
viewed. Also, the Educational Propaganda Committee re- 



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ports the Community Center work progressing. Speakers 
were assigned a certain subject to be presented in the dif- 
ferent centers and chibs, so that all sections would have the 
message some time during the year. Liberty choruses have 
been formed throughout the county in stores, factories, clubs 
and schools, and much enthusiasm manifested in the work. 

Although several townships had Americanization Chair- 
men, the main work was carried on in South Bend through 
community centers and playgrounds — existing agencies. July 
Fourth was observed by the regular municipal picnic with 
program consisting of three patriotic addresses, a pageant, 
and a pageant of citizenship given by new Americans who 
had shortly before become naturalized. This latter pageant 
was planned by the Women's Civic League. Americanization 
through the medium of playgrounds, play festivals and motion 
pictures in school buildings is being accomplished. A young 
woman in South Bend devoted much time to the teaching of 
foreign children and worked out a system that is very suc- 
cessful. This young woman has offered to help in every way 
in helping to teach others how to teach the foreigners the 
English language. The Chairman of this committee made 
calls on the foreign families and found them very anxious to 
learn our language. 

Women registered to the number of 27,575 for war service. 
Before this work was completed the Registration Committee 
had requests for workers from factories working on war con- 
tracts. These workers were furnished from the registration 
cards, and the employers expressed complete satisfaction. 
Also, the Registration Committee furnished the Liberty Loan 
Committee with clerical help; 500 cards were filled out and 
sent to drafted men for dental examination ; during the influ- 
enza epidemic the registration cards were used to find nurses 
to aid in families and the Visiting Nurses' Association. 
Classes were formed in connection with the public school 
night classes in typewriting, stenography, sewing, cooking, 
bookkeeping, French and English. Over 400 persons who 
signified a desire for these classes on their registration cards 
were notified. 

Food Production. In March a letter was sent to 1,740 
women appealing to them for help in producing food for the 
nation's needs. At the meetings of the women's clubs atten- 



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tion was called to the scarcity of seed, and the women were 
urged to have root vegetables planted for seeds. The daily 
papers published articles throughout the growing season on 
planting of seeds and care of gardens. Later articles on 
storing of vegetables were published. In May a Chairman 
was appointed in each township with instructions to secure 
helpers to ascertain what the women were doing to help the 
country reach the standard set for it. Some of the points 
suggested were : The number of gardens ; extent of planting 
of cane for sorghum and sugar beets to help in the shortage 
of sugar; the names of the families who should have and 
were neglecting to have a garden, and the names of those 
who were planning to raise more than enough for their own 
consumption, and the products they would have for sale. Re- 
ports showed the efforts proved worth while and that the 
sugar beet was planted very extensively to experiment in 
making syrup and for vegetables, also cane for sorghum. 
The Garden Department of the Municipal Recreation Com- 
mittee estimated 15,615 gardens in the county. 

There were 111 food demonstrations, and 100 canning 
demonstrations were held with approximately 7,974 in attend- 
ance; 13,000 cook books sold and approximately 40,000 leaflets 
distributed; 103 food clubs were organized; 13,363 pledge 
cards were signed and handed in. 

The women of Olive Township took up the plan of a clear- 
ing house for fruits and vegetables and gave the result of 
their labors to the Orphans' Home. The Motor Corps took 
a truck to New Carlisle, a distance of fifteen miles, and 
brought the produce to the home. As a result of their labors 
the women had 300 quarts of fruit and vegetables, several 
sacks of apples, potatoes and other vegetables, and with 
money donated purchased chocolate bars for every child in 
the home. 

The Women in Industry Committee reports that the Public 
School Board has organized a continuation school for girls 
between fourteen and sixteen years of age who are employed 
in factories, 350 of these girls in the city of South Bend. Two 
of these classes are held in the factories. These girls are 
taught arithmetic, English, domestic science, sewing and other 
studies. The Public School Board, with the help of factory 
representatives, have organized night classes for women in 



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industry. Domestic science, millinery, sewing and English 
are taught. This is only a small part of what is being done 
to further the interests of women in industry. There are 
2,713 employed in factories in South Bend. 

The Woman's Section of the county sent a box of Christ- 
mas gifts to the boys on the U. S. S. Indiana through the 
Navy Comforts Committee of Indianapolis. The Woman's 
Section also collected records to be sent to the Phonograph 
Recruiting Corps of New York and shipped 726 records and 
one machine. 

The Public Library reported 6,000 books sent to soldiers 
and sailors, and $2,288 collected with which to buy technical 
books for soldiers and sailors. 

It is impossible to estimate the value of the work done 
by the Fourteen-Minute Women, who made more than 200 
speeches. 

The Motor Corps also rendered very valuable assistance, 
answering all calls for war service. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns the 
Woman's Committee was credited with securing subscriptions 
amounting to $3,241,900. 

STARKE COUNTY 

Chairman, Miss Agnes Laramorb, Knox. 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Covimittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. M. J. Hartzler, Knox. 

Home Economics Miss Florence Siegrist, Knox. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. C. H. Peters, Knox. 

Food Conservation Mrs. W. S. Daniel, Knox. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Hugh Kreuter, Knox. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. J. L. Moorman, Knox. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. H. F. Schricker, Knox. 

Special Committee Mrs. J. C. Fletcher, Knox. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Ada B. Hurley, Knox. 

Publicity Mrs. C. W. Cassmon, Knox. 

Two thousand one hundred forty-one women registered for 
war service. 

The Woman's Liberty Loan Committee was credited with 
securing subscriptions amounting to $91,900 in the Third and 
Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns. 



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STEUBEN COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. W. F. Shearer, Angola 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. H. S. Johnson, Angola. 

Home Economics Mrs. Rhoda Barren, Angola. 

Child Welfare Mrs. I. W. Pence, Angola. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. C. C. Redding, Angola. 

Food Administration Mrs. W. C. Patterson, Angola. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Ezra Dodge, Angola. 

Mrs. O. H. Swantush, Angola. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. W. A. Fox, Angola. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Sarah Powell, Angola. 

Publicity ; Mrs. W. H. Morley, Angola. 

Americanization Mrs. Ella Myer, Angola. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. F. A. Emerson, Angola. 

Organized November 21, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 3,700. 
Babies examined, 1,150. 

Collected by women in Third Liberty Loan campaign, $90,000. 
Collected by women in Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, $250,000. 
Subscribed by school children in War Savings Stamp campaign, 
$12,000. 

No record kept of amount subscribed by women. 
Approximate talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 30. 
Booklets and cook books distributed, 700. 

Estimated number gardens cultivated by school children, 72. 
Books and magazines sent to soldiers and sailors, 700. 
Food clubs, 24. 

It is estimated there were between 900 and 1,000 vacant 
lot and home gardens, 400 of which were supervised. 

Hospital garments made and supplied by Steuben County 
Chapter, A. R. C, from June 30, 1917, to June 1, 1918, totaled 
5,712 articles, and report of the Chairman of the Knitting 
Department from June, 1917, to August, 1918, showed 5,369 
articles made. 

SULLIVAN COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. H. C. Steele, Sullivan; Mrs. John Ersinger, Sullivan. 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. F. N. French, Sullivan. 

Food Production Mrs. R. L. Bailey, Sullivan. 

Home Economics Mrs. J. H. Riggs, Sullivan. 

Mrs. Joshua Beasley, Sullivan. 

Child Welfare Mrs. G. G. Carrithers, Sullivan. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Alice M. Burns, Sullivan. 



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Liberty Loan Mrs. O. B. Harris, Sullivan. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Roy Kaufman, Sullivan. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Mary Willis, Sullivan. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Ed. P. Reed, Sullivan. 

Publicity Mrs. F. N. French, Sullivan. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Jess Bolinger, Sullivan. 

The first woman member of the County Council of De- 
fense, Mrs. H. C. Steele, resigned early in March, 1918, when 
Mrs. John Ersinger was appointed to succeed her. 

There were 6,285 women who registered for war service. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign 125 women assisted 
in the work and sold subscriptions totaling $175,000, v/hilc 
in the Third Loan the Woman's Committee sold $132,700. 

SWITZERLAND COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Zella Beer, Vevay 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Miss Anna Sutherland, Vevay. 

Food Production Miss Annette Danglade, Vevay. 

Home Economics Miss Grace Stepleton, Vevay. 

Child Welfare Mrs. A. V. Banner, Vevay. 

Food Administration . Miss Laura Lamson, Vevay. 

Liberty Loan Miss Grace Griffith, Vevay. 

Home and Foreign^ Relief Miss Evelyn Craig, Vevay. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. J. P. Brockschlager, Vevay. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Edna Meade, Vevay. 

Publicity Mrs. Zella B. Beer, Vevay. 

Women in Industry Miss Afra Brindly, Vevay. 

Two thousand five hundred fifty women registered for 
war service. 

Eight hundred sixty-four children under six years of age 
were examined, all the townships assisting in the work., 

A farmer's wife in this county called attention to the fact 
that, although a movement had been made to obtain business 
men and unemployed men to assist in farm work, the farm- 
er's wife had been forgotten. This woman stated that each 
year great quantities of vegetables and fruits perish on the 
farms because the farmer's wife is so busy she simply can 
not handle it. 

Her remedy was that patriotic women and girls organize 
a ciub and volunteer their services to the farmers' wives to 
assist them during the busy seasons. 



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As the result of the pubhcity given this, a number of such 
clubs were formed over the State. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns the 
Woman's Committee sold bonds amounting to $141,900. 

TIPPECANOE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Charles B. Stuart, Lafayette 
Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, Lafayette 

Executive Cotnmittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Thomas Arthur Stuart, La- 
fayette. 

Food Production Mrs. Charles W. Bone, Lafayette. 

Home Economics Miss Mary L. Matthews, Lafayette. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Charles F. Weigle, Lafayette. 

Mrs. Charles B. Stuart, Lafayette. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Arthur B. Westfall, Lafay- 
ette. 

Food Administration Mrs. Wm. P. Heath, Lafayette. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Charles B. Stuart, Lafayette. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Frank Royse, Lafayette. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, Lafay- 
ette. 

Publicity Mrs. W. Bent Wilson, Lafayette. 

Americanization Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, Lafay- 
ette. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Charles B. Kern, Lafayette. 

Women registered for war service, 10,387. 

Eleven Fourteen-Minute Women addressed 186 audiences. 

The Socks for Soldiers Committee reports 2,055 pairs of 
socks knit for Indiana soldiers. 

There were held one county food exhibit, forty-one food 
demonstrations, and approximately 5,000 food bulletins were 
distributed. 

Red Cross supplies shipped totaled 317 standard boxes. 

There were 3,190 women subscribers to the Third Liberty 
Loan, whose subscriptions amounted to $526,617. In the 
Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign there were twenty-five women 
workers, who were credited with selling subscriptions amount- 
ing to $1,550,000. 

This is the only county in the State, and probably in the 
United States, where the War Savings Stamp work was wholly 
in charge of women, and the pledges in this county amounted 
to $905,679.25. 



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TIPTON COUNTY 

Chaii^man, Mrs. James R. Cochran, Tipton 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Co'inm.ittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Glen J. Gifford, Tipton. 

Food Production Mrs. J. D. Kleyla, Tipton. 

Mrs. John Kigin, Tipton. 

Home Economics Miss Neva Smith, Tipton. 

Food Administration Miss Neva Smith, Tipton. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Miss Belle Waugh, Tipton. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. A. S. Dickey, Tipton. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. H. G. Read, Tipton. 

Publicity Mrs. Lulu Y. Hardy, Tipton. 

Americanization Mrs. Alice Waugh, Tipton. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. A. S. Dickey, Tipton. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Dan Waugh, Tipton. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Will Innes, Tipton. 

Food Clubs Mrs. G. G. Davis, Tipton. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Sam Matthews, Tipton. 

Fourteen-Minute Women .Mrs. Anna Dickey, Tipton. 

Organized October, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 4,812. 

Children under six years of age registered, 1,677. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 64. 

Books sent soldiers and sailors in May, 1918, 650. 

Collected with which to buy technical books for soldiers and 
sailors, $125. 

Red Cross work done August, 1917, to August, 1918: Hospital 
garments shipped to warehouse, 10,832; knitted articles shipped to 
warehouse, 6,912; surgical dressings shipped, 36,174. 

Estimated number home and vacant lot gardens, 1,200. 

Thirteen Girls' Canning clubs were organized with 100 girls as 
members; 42 food and canning demonstrations were given, with 905 
women present. 

Ten thousand cook books and leaflets distributed. 

Forty-five food clubs were organized, with a membership of 4,000 
women. 

Collected by women and children in War Savings Stamp campaigns, 
$11,450. 

Collected by women in Third Liberty Loan campaign, $150,000. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign sixty women workers were 
credited with subscriptions amounting to $380,000. 

In the work of examining the children under six years 
of age 533 loyal women of the county assisted, and the entire 
medical profession of the county rendered invaluable aid, not 



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one of them refusing when called for this service. In addi- 
tion to this, Dr. Emma Fitch of Indianapolis came at her own 
expense to assist in the clinics conducted at New Hope and 
at the Atlanta library. 

The Food Production and Home Economics Committees 
held cottage cheese markets semi-annually in the county seat 
as a means of conserving meat. They also assisted Miss Cole, 
the County Demonstrating Agent, in making arrangements 
for food demonstrations. The cheese markets yielded a profit 
of $29.90. 

The members of the girls' canning clubs canned approxi- 
mately 4,000 quarts of food. 

UNION COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Will Morris, Liberty 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Lottie Filer, Liberty. 

Food Production Mrs. Charles Mitchell, Liberty. 

Home Economics Mrs. Oliver LaFuze, Liberty. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Adelaide Dubois, Liberty. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Hiner Hunt, Liberty. 

Food Administration Mrs. Lev. Wood, Liberty. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Charles Bond, Liberty. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Elmer Post, Liberty. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Albert Bertch, Liberty. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Gilbert Chapin, Liberty. 

Special Committee Miss Tillie Lambert, Libei-ty. 

Publicity Mrs. C. A. Drapier, Liberty. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. C. C. Abernathy, Liberty. 

Women in Industry Miss Tillie Lambert, Liberty. 

Organized October, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 3,000. 

Babies examined, 325. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 120. 

Food clubs, 90. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 1,000. 

Collected by women in Third and Fourth Liberty Loan Campaigns, 
$253,100. 

Collected by women and children in War Savings Stamp campaign, 
$75,000. 

Four hundred seventy-five books, including technical books, were 
sent to soldiers and sailors. No record kept of the magazines sent. 



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The following was done for the Red Cross and French Relief: 
Surgical dressings, 128,466. 
Garments, 730. 
Knitted garments, 1,448. 
Old garments boxed, 2,124. 
Nuts collected, 5 barrels. 
Cash, $523.34. 

A patriotic organization of young girls, known as "Joans 
of Arc," was established to create community interest among 
the young women, while the "Camp Fire Girls," another or- 
ganization of young girls, had a very successful war garden. 

Women's meetings were held for the purpose of explain- 
ing the registration of women, getting up war garden enthu- 
siasm and exchanging of tried and practical food recipes. 
At these meetings, as well as at the food and canning dem- 
onstrations, there was good attendance and enthusiastic re- 
sponse. 

VANDERBURGH COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. F. M. Hostetter, Evansville 

Advisory Board — 

Mrs. Benjamin Bosse, Evansville. 

Mrs. J. J. Nolan, Evansville. 

Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon, Evansville. 

Mrs. Charles Whittenbraker, Evansville. 

Mrs, Fred Lauenstein, Evansville. 

Mrs. Frederick Erlbacher, Evansville. 

Mrs. Leon Seigel, Evansville. 

Mrs. George S. Clifford, Evansville. 
Affiliated Organizations — 

War Mothers of America (National). 

Parent-Teachers' and Mothers' Congress (State). - 

Local Council of Women City Teachers' Federation. 

Parent-Teachers' Federation of City, County. 

Teachers and Parent Federation. 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. W. J. Torrance, Evansville. 
Food Production Miss Eva May Epperson, Evans- 
ville. 

Home Economics .Miss Emma Page, Evansville. 

Child Welfare Mrs. James Carter, Evansville. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Sam Clifford, Evansville. 

Miss Esther McCulloch, Evans- 
ville. 
Women in Industry Miss Frances Toy, Evansville. 



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Liberty Loan Mrs. A. M. Dawson, Evansville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Frederick Erlbacher, Evans- 
ville. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. S. V. Levi, Evansville. 

Home and Foreign Eelief Mrs. D. C. Chappell, Evansville. 

Americanization Mrs. E. A. Torrance, Evansville. 

U. S. Nursing Miss Allie Butler, Evansville. 

Motor Corps Mrs. Samuella Schmitt, Evansville. 

Food Administration Mrs. James Piatt, Evansville. 

Publicity Mrs. F. M. Hostetter, Evansville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. F. F. Erlbacher, Evansville. 

Organized September, 1917. However, before being thor- 
oughly organized, the Council women did many things, not 
the least of which was the municipal canning. Much agita- 
tion and instructions were the result, besides 162 cans of cold 
pack foodstuffs, which were sold to the poor infirmary for 
a song. 

Six thousand seven hundred eighty-three women registered 
for war service. 

Seventy-five food clubs were organized in the county, and 
twenty-eight canning demonstrations were held in two weeks, 
at which 850 women were present. 

There were some 600 war gardens among the colored 
people. 

The Fourteen-Minute Women made more than 700 talks. 

An excellent Motor Corps gave invaluable assistance wher- 
ever needed. 

The members of the Woman's Section co-operated with 
the Library Commission in gathering books for men in serv- 
ice — 6,000 volumes were sent to men in France and 1,000 to 
the boys on the Mexican border. 

The Child Welfare Committee, with generous assistance, 
examined 3,000 children under six years of age. The Home 
Demonstration Agent has been of the greatest assistance to 
the Committee in its Child Welfare work, especially in teach- 
ing principles of diet for children and mothers. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns the 
Woman's Committee sold bonds amounting to $2,004,600. 



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VERMILLION COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Will Wait, Newport 

Executive Cominittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. F. L. Swinehart, Newport. 

Food Production Mrs. Joseph G. Potts, Newport. 

Home Economics Mrs. C. N. Fultz, Newport. 

Child Welfare Mrs. H. H. Conley, Newport. 

Health and Eecreation Miss Alice J. Higgins, Clinton. 

Food Administration Mrs. Frank Harvey, Newport. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Wm. H. Collier, Newport. 

Mrs. Oakey Collier, Newport. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Willard Ashley, Clinton. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Burnett R. Nixon, Newport. 

Publicity Mrs. B. H. Davis, Newport. 

Fourteen-Minvite Women Mrs. J. W. Robb, Clinton. 

Organized December, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 7,649. 
Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 85. 
Food demonstrations, 10; attendance, 450. 
Canning demonstrations, 9; attendance, 300. 
Cook books and leaflets distributed, 5,000 (approximately). 
War gardens, 850 (approximately). 
Food clubs organized, 30. 
Babies examined, 1,500. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns, women were 
credited with subscriptions amounting to $622,875. 
In the War Savings Stamp campaign, $24,000. 

Four hundred eighty-five books were sent to men in serv- 
ice; $1,100 collected with which to buy technical books. Many 
magazines were sent, but no record of the number was kept. 

Red Cross articles made, including surgical dressings, 
37,640; Red Cross knitted articles, 1,075. 

VIGO COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. J. S. Cox, Terre Haute 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Daniel V. Miller, Terre Haute. 

Food Production Miss Iva Ryan, Terre Haute. 

Home Economics Mrs. Walter Clark, Terre Haute. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. H. W. Cohen, Terre Haute. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Nicholas S. Mesirow, Terre 

Haute. 
Home and Foreign Relief Miss Lena Reading, Terre Haute. 



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Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Harry Schloss, Terre Haute. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. H. E. Anderson, Terre Haute. 

Publicity Miss Mary Grimes, Terre Haute. 

Fourteen-Minute AVomen Miss Ruby S. Fuhr, Terre Haute. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Rudolph Yung, Terre Haute. 

Mrs. Rudolph Acher, Terre Haute. 

The follov/ing report covers a period from November 1, 
1917, to July 1, 1918: 

Women registered for war service, 20,540. 

Babies examined, 1,200. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 50. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 65; attendance, 1,500 women. 

Lectures, 27; attendance, 2,209 women. 

Training classes, 18; attendance, 420 women. 

Cook books distributed, 900. 

Leaflets distributed, 4,550. 

Collected by women and children in War Savings Stamp campaign, 
$2,000,000. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns women wei'e 
credited with securing subscriptions totaling $5,227,500. 

Four thousand eighty-two books were sent to various cantonments 
and one ton of magazines collected for this purpose; $50 was collected 
with which to buy technical books for soldiers and sailors. 

Terre Haute Chapter of the Red Cross from November 16, 1917, 
to May 1, 1918, includes: Knitted articles, 7,660; surgical department, 
131,431 garments, Mrs. Homer L. Williams, Chairman; hospital sup- 
plies, 25,000 garments, Mrs. Harlen Pritchett, Chairman. 

WABASH COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. James Wilson, Wabash 

Executive Comtnittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Isaac Beitman, Wabash. 

Food Production Mrs. V. A. Place, Wabash. 

Home Economics Mrs. E. B. Rohbock, Wabash. 

Child Welfare Mrs. E. A. Lower, Wabash. 

Health and Recreation Dr. Minetha Flinn-Jordan, Wabash. 

Food Administration Mrs. Mark Honeywell, Wabash. 

Liberty Loan Miss Letha Urschel, Wabash. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Marland Gardner, North 

Manchester. 
Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Frank Henley, Wabash. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Cornelia Blayney, Wabash 

Publicity "Mrs. Jno. A. Bruner, Wabash. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Allena Williams, Wabash. 

Woman's Section organized June, 1916; reorganized July, 1917. 



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Women registered for war service, 6,500. 

Subscriptions secured by women in Third and Fourth Liberty Loan 
campaigns, $993,625. 

Collected by women and children in War Savings Stamp campaign, 
$100,000. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 40. 

Food and canning demonstrations, 71. 

Number in attendance at demonstrations, 2,769. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 6,019. 

Estimated home and vacant lot gardens, 725. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 276. 

Collected with which to buy technical books for soldiers and 
sailors, $371. 

Fund for French Relief, $40. 

Babies examined, 1,800. 

Red Cross work done: Sewed garments, 4,730; pairs of socks, 
5,000; knitted garments, 3,171; surgical dressings, 210,300. 

The United War Work Campaign was under the super- 
vision of the County Council of Defense. Miss Nell Lutz, 
representing the Y. W. C. A. on the county committee, used 
the Woman's Section of the County Council of Defense or- 
ganization in her part of the canvass. 

Three dozen comfort bags for the sailors on the battle- 
ship Indiana were made and filled by the Camp Fire Girls. 

Miss Cornelia Blayney and Mrs. John A. Bruner of the 
Woman's Section took charge of collection of Victrola records 
for camps, of which a large number were collected. 

The Home Economics Committee co-operated with school 
authorities and had a domestic science teacher hold classes 
in the high school. A Community Canning Kitchen was es- 
tablished in the basement of the First M. E. Church, under 
the supervision of Miss Gertrude Thompson, Emergency 
Home Demonstrator, A small fee was charged to cover oper- 
ating expenses, but all labor was voluntary. The kitchen 
soon became so popular that it was necessary for Miss Thomp- 
son to have an assistant, Miss Maud Sewell being appointed 
to fill this position. More than 700 cans of vegetables were 
canned and many pounds of corn dried. In addition to the 
kitchen, girls' clubs, canning clubs and home economics clubs 
were formed. 

The Food Production Chairman sent some 250 names to 
her congressman for free seeds, also distributed garden bul- 
letins prepared by the National Bureau of Food Production. 
This committee reports an exchange of seeds held in every 



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township. Many responded with their excess seeds, which 
were exchanged or distributed to those needing them. 

The Chairman of the Child Welfare Committee was also 
Truancy Officer. During the chautauqua the committee had 
a station on the grounds, where more than 300 babies were 
examined in the one week. Much interest was manifested 
and in all 1,800 babies were examined. 

WARREN COUNTY 

Chairman, MRS. J. F. Hildenbrand, Williamsport 
Woman's Section was not organized. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns, under 
the leadership of Mrs. Richard Stephenson, the women work- 
ers were credited with securing subscriptions amounting to 
$335,500. 

The Warren County Chapter of the American Red Cross 
was organized in June, 1917, and seventeen branch chapters 
were duly organized. The inspectors and directors of the 
woman's work in the county were: Mrs. M. A. Judy, Miss 
Martha Woodey and Mrs. F. L. Clark. Two surgical dressing 
shops were opened, under the supervision of Mrs. W. B. 
Durboro, and thousands of surgical dressings were sent 
abroad. Several thousand knitted articles also were made. 
Refugee garments, hospital supplies, soldiers' clothing and 
kits were made and sent out by the hundreds each month. 
Two drives for clothing for refugees and one for "linen for 
French" were made ; also membership drives and drives for 
free offerings were made, all with splendid success. Warren 
County's chapter is perfect in its organization and has worked 
faithfully from the beginning to the end of the world's great 
war. 

WARRICK COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Esther Hoover Lewis, Boonville 

Executive Com/mittee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Esther Hoover Lewis, Boon- 
ville. 

Food Production Mrs. Lewis Taylor, Yankeetown. 

Food Administration Mrs. Lewis Taylor, Yankeetown. 

Home Economics Mrs. Lewis Taylor, Yankeetown. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Philip Lutz, Boonville. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Edward Jarrett, Boonville. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. George A. Roth, Boonville. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Florence Scales, Boonville. 



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Publicity Mrs. Earl Scales, Boonville. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. A. J. Hopkins, Boonville. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Will Hatfield, Boonville. 

War Mothers Mrs. T. J. Lamar, Boonville. 

Organized August, 1917. 

Women registered for war service, 4,432. 

Babies examined, 1,892. 

Talks by Fourteen-Minute Women, 105. 

Canning demonstrations held, 138; attendance, 7,197. 

Cook books and leaflets distributed, 5,275. 

Estimated home and vacant lot gardens, 200. 

Books sent to soldiers and sailors, 375. 

Magazines sent to soldiers and sailors, no record. 

Collected with which to buy technical books for soldiers and 
sailors, $258. 

In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns subscriptions 
secured by women amounted to $397,700. 

Mrs. Lewis Taylor, a member of the lecturing staff of 
Purdue University, took charge of all the food programs and 
was assisted by the Fourteen-Minute Women. 

Red Cross work done from September, 1917, to July, 1918, 
included 46,694 surgical dressings, 2,358 hospital garments, 
1,416 hospital supplies, and 924 knitted articles. To Camp 
Shelby were sent twenty-four articles, and 329 kits were given 
boys leaving for service. The Junior Red Cross made twenty- 
three layettes, fifty hospital mops, ten joke books, and for 
the United States Navy they made eighteen checker boards 
and twenty-four joke books. 

WASHINGTON COUNTY 

• Chairman, MRS. H. C. Hobbs, Salem 

Executive Coynmittee, County Chairmen of Conmittees 

Registration for Woman's Service . . . Miss Mattie White, Salem. 

Food Production Miss Helen Reid, Salem. 

Home Economics Mrs. C. O. Thompson, Salem. 

Child Welfare Mrs. F. P. Cauble, Salem. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Frank Houston, Salem. 

Food Administration Miss Florence Berkey, Salem. 

Liberty Loan .Miss Dora Etzler, Salem. 

Mrs. O. C. Zink, Salem. 

Home and Foreign Relief. Miss Cora Simpson, Salem. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. W. L. Taylor, Salem. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. E. D. Williams, Salem. 

Publicity Miss Minnie Clark, Salem. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. W, L. Taylor, Salem. 



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The county was splendidly organized for all drives, and 
there was the closest co-operation between all the women of 
the county. 

In the Registration for Woman's Service, 7,453 women 
registered for war service. 

The Food Production Committee affiliated with the Gar- 
den Committee of the county and gave attention to all re- 
quests for publicity and encouragement in this branch of 
work. It is estimated there were 600 home and vacant lot 
gardens. 

Home Economics and Food Administration work was 
combined, and the Chairmen took advantage of every oppor- 
tunity to show proper substitutes for food and encouraged 
the use of things most available in home production. This 
was done by public display of work and free distribution of 
recipes. During the Washington County Fair a part of In- 
dustrial Hall was made attractive with posters and pictures 
arranged to show what could be done with substitutes. Mrs. 
Thompson organized the women for food demonstrations, and 
Miss Berkey and Mrs. Childs gave invaluable assistance. 
Approximately 4,000 cook books and leaflets were distributed. 

Centers were established for the examination of children 
under six years of age, and the doctors and patriotic women 
freely gave their services. Nine hundred children were ex- 
amined and very much good resulted. The work of this com- 
mittee will be carried on by Mrs. Cauble through the Women's 
Club, assisted by other clubs. 

The Third Liberty Loan Drive was the first with the 
women organized and assisting. During this campaign the 
women raised $90,100. The Fourth Drive also proved a suc- 
cess, and $75,000 was raised by the women. The women 
were equally efficient in the drives for War Savings Stamps. 

The first work of the Home and Foreign Relief Commit- 
tee, composed of Miss Cora Simpson, Red Cross ; Mrs. Harvey 
Morris, D. A. R., and Mrs. Alpha Sullivan, W. R. C, was 
securing clothing for the Belgian Relief — 1,712 garments 
were sent in the first drive and approximately 2,000 in the 
second. This committee also had charge of the campaign for 
Student Nurse Reserves. 

The county was asked to support twelve French orphans, 
but due to the enthusiastic work of the Chairman of the Com- 



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mittee on Maintaining Existing Social Service Agencies 
eighteen children were placed. Four had been previously 
adopted, making a total of twenty-two French orphans being 
supported, mostly by clubs and church organizations. 

The Fourteen-Minute Women did fine work, responding 
to all calls, whether to large or small audiences, and patriot- 
ism was made a feature of all club and church work by these 
women. 

Much credit should be given to Miss Clark, Chairman of 
the Publicity Committee. It was her untiring efforts and 
enthusiasm that made this work a success. She was ever 
ready to present all bulletins, papers, announcements and pub- 
licity work of the different Chairmen of the Woman's Section 
to the public, and the press generously gave her space. 

WAYNE COUNTY 

Chairman, Miss M. E. B. Culbertson, Eichmond 
Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service . . . Mrs. Paul Ross, Richmond. 

Food Production Mrs. D. W. Scott, East Haven 

Asylum, Richmond. 

Home Economics Mrs. Paul Ross, Richmond. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Edgar F. Hiatt, Richmond. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Walter Butler, Richmond. 

Mrs. Paul Comstock, Reeveston. 

Food Administration Miss Elsie Marshall, Richmond. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Chas. Druitt, Richmond. 

Home and Foreign Relief Miss Margaret Starr, Richmond. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 
Agencies Miss Flora May Green, Richmond. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Elizabeth Comstock, Rich- 
mond. 

Women in Industry Mrs. Dennis Coe, Richmond. 

War Mothers Mrs. A. W. Roach, Richmond. 

Americanization Mrs. Arthur Charles, Richmond. 

Publicity Mrs. Ella Bond Johnston, Rich- 
mond. 

Fourteen-Minute Women . .Mrs. F. S. Bates, Richmond. 

Motor Corps Mrs. Frank Druitt, Richmond. 

Student Nurse Reserve Miss Catherine B. Pond, Rich- 
mond. 

The Woman's Section was organized in June, 1917, with 
a perfect organization in the townships, the Township Chair- 



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men sending iiionthly reports of all war activities in their 
townships to the County Chairman, who forwarded the re- 
ports on to the state headquarters. 

The Registration Committee registered 10,580 women for 
war service and worked out the most complete method of 
filing the registration cards. By referring to the index cards 
it is possible to instantly locate those who are trained or un- 
trained in a given occupation. While this required the serv- 
ices of many volunteer workers for many weeks, the business 
men of Richmond assured the committee that to have these 
so filed would be worth considerable time and expense. 

Under the direction of the Child Welfare Committee 2,272 
children under six years of age were examined. Of this num- 
ber 771 were found needing medical attention. The Social 
Service Bureau assumed the work of following up these cases, 
and through the kindness of women who volunteered their 
assistance several hundred of these children were visited in 
their homes. The children in urgent need of medical and 
surgical attention, which parents were unable to provide, were 
cared for through the bureau. This work was made possible 
by the co-operation of physicians and surgeons who gave their 
services, and the Reid Memorial Hospital, which cared for 
the cases without charge. 

The Educational Propaganda Committee every day placed 
literature in schools and ascertained that the teachers were 
giving a good deal of attention to the teaching of patriotism. 
Outside speakers frequently addressed the pupils and much 
enthusiasm was manifested. 

At the Day Nursery, conducted by the Domestic Science 
Association, the matron conducted four classes a week for 
children from the Junior High School, the girls coming two 
at a time for the actual experience in caring for little chil- 
dren. They were taught how to dress a baby, how to prepare 
its food, how to bathe him, how to shampoo his head, how 
to make his bed, how to avoid contagion, how to treat small 
ailments, etc. 

Children of the schools were active members of the Junior 
Red Cross. They invested in Thrift Stamps, War Savings 
Stamps and Liberty Bonds, gathered waste material, tinfoil, 
etc., and in cultivating gardens they were practically 100%. 
All the children in the grade schools in Richmond were mem- 



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bers of the United States School Garden Army. Mr. E. F. 
Murphy was Army Captain, and all the children wanted to 
"raise food over here for the boys over there." The size of 
the gardens varied from a window box on the back porch of 
a fiat to a vacant lot, and often one boy cultivated several 
lots. Gardening was taught in the schools in the spring of 
1918, and this enabled each boy and girl to intelligently take 
care of his or her own garden. Though the mothers and 
girls canned the surplus produce, they were not able to con- 
serve a large quantity. Thirty girls belonging to a canning 
club each canned from twenty to 100 quarts of fruits and 
vegetables, and yet there was a surplus. To meet this need 
the City Market was opened to the public one day each week 
for six weeks, the children, ranging in age from seven to 
fourteen years, acting as salespeople. The sales were from 
10 cents to $7 a day, with an average of $3 for each child. 
Both citizens and children agreed this was a great success. 

The Chairman of the Home Economics Committee reports 
that this subject was taught through the schools and clubs 
and demonstrations. More than fifty food clubs have been 
organized, some in localities where there have never before 
been organizations of any kind. There are two fine clubs 
among the colored women, who have had the County Dem- 
onstrator with them and have been much interested. The 
Better Homes Association was organized to assist the County 
Demonstrator. Approximately 150 food and canning demon- 
strations have been held, including cottage cheese demonstra- 
tions before the rural clubs, and war bread. More than 4,000 
women attended these demonstrations, and 16,000 cook books 
and leaflets have been distributed. Of especial interest to the 
women from the country were the demonstrations which were 
arranged for Saturday afternoons. These demonstrations 
were given by the domestic science teachers of the public 
schools, assisted by their pupils. 

The Food Production Committee Chairman estimates 3,000 
acres in gardens in Wayne County, not including the city of 
Richmond, as a result of the women's work. There were more 
than 332 acres devoted to sorghum. The gardens in the city 
of Richmond were under the supervision of Mr. E. F. Murphy, 
and according to Mr. W. E. Lommel, Assistant Emergency 
Agent of Purdue, who inspected the gardens of the city, they 



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were the best in the State. In some communities boys' and 
girls' clubs were organized for the raising of peanuts, poultry^ 
hogs and bees. The women organized threshing rings, to be 
termed "Hoe Brigades" or "Helpers' Brigades," the purpose 
being to assist the farmers' wives. The Washington Town- 
ship Chairman reports that the women of Milton went out 
into the country and assisted in cooking for threshers, while 
many of the women of Webster Township helped in the fields 
during harvest time when it was impossible to secure suffi- 
cient male help. 

The Motor Corps of the Woman's Section answered every 
call for war service. They have transported the Fourteen- 
Minute Women, sometimes taking them as far as seventy 
miles to an inaccessible township meeting. 

The Fourteen-Minute Women made approximately 200 
speeches. Frequently a singer and a Four-Minute Man ac- 
companied the Fourteen-Minute Speakers and a patriotic pro- 
gram was given. 

A Community Chorus of forty of Richmond's best voices 
was organized, with Mrs. Fred J. Bartlet as Chairman, to 
take part in the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign. Since then 
music has been supplied for organization meetings of food 
clubs and various other meetings of a patriotic nature. 

The Americanization activities include four afternoons a 
week given to cooking and sewing in the foreign districts. 
The social service part of the work is being pushed by the 
Social Service Secretary. 

Much emphasis is laid upon the importance of having a 
celebration and welcoming the new citizens when they are 
naturalized. The Fourth of July celebration emphasized the 
Americanization of the foreign-born citizens. 

One thousand two hundred seventy-six books were sent to 
soldiers and sailors, and $1,100 was collected with which to 
buy technical books for men in service. 

Red Cross work done from June 1, 1917, to June 1, 1918, 
included 17,009 surgical dressings ; 12,004 hospital garments ; 
knitted garments, 5,000; other articles made, 94,062. There 
were 2,000 workers, and the cost of material was $17,051.03. 
The Home Service Section of the Red Cross gave to the men 
in service and their families in this county a most generous 
and invaluable service. 



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In the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan campaigns the 
women's committee secured subscriptions amounting to 
$1,206,030. 

WELLS COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Abram Simmons, Bluffton 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service . . . Mrs. Frank Ashbaucher, Bluffton. 
Food Production Mrs. A. A. Waugh, R. R. 5, Bluff- 
ton. 

Home Economics Mrs. J. E. Reynolds, Bluffton. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Jennie Justus, Bluffton. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. D. A. Walmer, Bluffton. 

Food Administration Mrs. Ervin Lesh, Bluffton. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. Charles Deam, Bluffton. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. Clara Springstead, Bluffton. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. Clara Springstead, Bluffton. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. W. A. Patton, Bluffton. 

Publicity Mrs. Frank Engeler, Bluffton. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. W. H. Eichhorn, Bluffton. 

Four thousand nine hundred twenty-five women registered 
for war service. 

Two thousand children under six years of age were ex- 
amined, and arrangements were made to secure a visiting 
nurse. The Board of Children's Guardians of the county is 
doing splendid work wherever needed. 

The Home Economics Com.mittee carried out all instruc- 
tions received, and co-operated in making Potato Week a 
success. 

The need of food conservation was constantly emphasized 
both by press and verbal messages, and the people responded 
heartily. Food clubs were organized in every township. 
Everything possible was done to help advance the patriotic 
use of food. 

The county's quota of sewing and knitting, etc., as desig- 
nated by the Red Cross, was furnished. 

Fourteen-Minute Women were always ready to respond 
and did excellent work in giving publicity to those things to 
which the attention of the public needed to be called. 

In the Third Liberty Loan Drive the women of the county 
secured subscriptions totaling $103,350, and in the Fourth 
Loan $470,000. 



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WHITE COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Emily C. Uhl, Monticello 

Executive Committee, County Chairmen of Committees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Emily C. Uhl, Monticello. 

Food Production Mrs. Willis Baker, Monticello. 

Home Economics Miss Gladys Minch, Monticello. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Emily Uhl, Monticello. 

Health and Recreation Miss Nora Gardner, Monticello. 

Food Administration Mrs. Walter B. Schladerman, Sea- 
field. 

Liberty Loan Miss Mae Turner, Monticello. 

Miss Maude Simons, Monticello. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. M. T. Didlake, Monticello. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. C. D. Meeker, Monticello. 

Educational Propaganda Miss Margaret Roach, Monticello, 

Women in Industry Mrs. Fred Spencer, Idaville. 

Publicity Miss Ellen Cochran, Monticello. 

Americanization Mrs. Clyde Wheeler, Reynolds. 

Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. Charles Preston, Monticello. 

Two thousand seven hundred forty-three women registered 
for war service. 

In the Third Liberty Loan Campaign the Woman's Com- 
mittee secured subscriptions totaling $90,850, and in the 
Fourth Loan $379,575. 

For the War Savings Stamp Campaign women and chil- 
dren collected approximately $22,891.43. 

Forty-five canning and food demonstrations were held, 
with an approximate attendance of 960, and 350 cook books 
and leaflets were distributed. 

The home and vacant lot gardens approximated 195 acres. 

Seventy-eight books and several hundred magazines were 
sent to soldiers and sailors, and the Library Board sent $5 
to Fort Benjamin Harrison with which to buy books. 

Instead of food clubs in this county, home economics clubs 
were organized, and the County Agent, Miss Flanningham, 
worked with the Food Conservation and Food Production 
Chairmen. The Chairman of the Home Economics Commit- 
tee is a teacher in the high school and had seven cooking 
classes each week, when she used war recipes. 

The Chairman of the Educational Propaganda Committee 
used Miss Graydon's "Appeal to Students" in every school- 
room, and once a week had in every room in every school in 



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the county the singing of "America," "The Star Spangled 
Banner" and the reciting of "The Pledge of Allegiance." The 
primary rooms (first and second years) had this or its equiv- 
alent, considering the age of the pupils. 

The Chairman of this committee for West Point Town- 
ship, Wilma Verrill, a teacher in the township schools, sub- 
mitted the following plan to the teachers of the township: 

Children of the seventh and eighth grades in all the schools 
of the township were to be encouraged to write essays of not 
less than 250 words concerning the World War and many 
other topics of national interest, the essays to be in the office 
of Trustee Humphry not later than March 12th, and were to 
be judged by three people chosen by the trustee (either men 
or women) . Cash prizes were to be given for the first and 
second best essays, and for the third honorable mention. The 
teachers of the township were very eager to try the plan, for 
they felt that was a way by which their pupils could best 
learn and then pass the knowledge on to others. The fund 
for prizes was given by teachers. The results were far be- 
yond that which any of the teachers anticipated. The chil- 
dren eagerly scanned the daily papers, the magazines and 
current event papers for material, and were wide awake and 
ready to grasp the points as soon as they appeared in the 
papers. The judges gave their decisions on March 22d, the 
first prize being won by Velma Wynkoop of Brown Edge 
School, seventh grade, taught by Miss Ruth Wolfe. Her essay 
was "Wheatless and Meatless Days." The second prize was 
awarded Harry Janssen of Watson School, eighth grade, 
taught by Miss Hazel Chamberlin, whose subject was "Coal 
Shortage." The third award went to Esther Brehr of Wilson 
School, sixth grade, taught by Earl Sternes. Her subject 
was "How I Can Help Win the War." 

The trustees and teachers were of the opinion that this 
contest not only counteracted the anti-war feeling and apathy 
toward the war but it aided in spreading information of na- 
tional interest. Moreover, it brought the home and the school 
more closely together; it aroused an enthusiasm within the 
pupils that made them wide awake, earnest and anxious to 
know more. 

In the absence of nearby camps calling for the attention 
of the Health and Recreation Committee, this committee 



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turned its efforts to the children, and one afternoon each week 
was given to special entertainment, reading and explaining 
some good and instructive stories. The library grounds were 
made into public playgrounds for children, 

WHITLEY COUNTY 

Chairman, Mrs. Fred Morsches, Columbia City 
Executive Committee, County Chairmen of ComTnittees 

Registration for Woman's Service. . .Mrs. Fred Morsches, Columbia 

City. 
Food Production Mrs. Jno. Shinneman, Columbia 

City. 

Home Economics Mrs. Elmer Grant, Columbia City. 

Child Welfare Mrs. Sam Trembley, Columbia 

City. 

Health and Recreation Mrs. Chas. Snyder, Columbia City. 

Food Administration Mrs. John Keiser, Columbia City. 

Liberty Loan Mrs. H. D. McLallen, Columbia 

City. 

Home and Foreign Relief Mrs. David Grund, Columbia City. 

Maintaining Existing Social Service 

Agencies Mrs. A. S. Nowles, Columbia City. 

Educational Propaganda Mrs. Herbert Schig, Columbia 

City. 

Special Committee Mrs. John Guider, Columbia City. 

Publicity Mrs. J. F. Branneman, Columbia 

City. 
Americanization Mrs. Arthur S. Nowles, Columbia 

City. 
Fourteen-Minute Women Mrs. D. A. Swartz, South Whitley. 

Organized in August, 1917, with county and township 
organizations. The township organization consisted of Town- 
ship Chairmen with a woman from each school district form- 
ing a committee, and each woman member had her own com- 
mittee, composed of a woman from each section of land in 
her school district. 

In the registration of women for war service, 3,225 women 
registered. 

Under the direction of the Child Welfare Committee, 1,379 
children under six years of age were examined, 113 being 
below normal. The county is bending every effort to secure 
a community nurse, and physical training has been introduced 
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A patriotic pageant was given by the school children in 
August. At the County Old Settlers' Day celebration the 
Chairman of the Child Welfare Committee arranged a boys' 
frolic — all kinds of contests with prizes in the morning; in 
the afternoon there was a girls' white dress parade in which 
500 girls took part. 

The woman County Agent was of great assistance to 
women along food conservation lines. A six weeks' course 
in food preparation, with an attendance of thirty-five, and 
two food demonstrations, with an attendance of sixty, were 
given. Approximately 5,000 cook books and leaflets were 
distributed in the county. 

It is estimated the home and vacant lot gardens approxi- 
mated 1,000. 

Two hundred fifty books and twenty-five subscriptions, 
were sent to soldiers and sailors. 

Women in the Thrift Stamp Drive, under Mrs. Frank 
Northam as Chairman, assisted in raising, at least, the coun- 
ty's quota. 

In the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign the county's quota 
of $900,000 was all subscribed by September 27th, making^ 
this county the first in the State and the first in the United 
States to raise her quota. Of this amount 50% is credited 
to the women. The Fourteen-Minute Women offered their 
assistance to the Liberty Loan Committee, but the money was. 
secured without any effort. 

In the Third Liberty Loan drive the women of the countj^ 
oversubscribed their quota. 

The Fourteen-Minute Women gave invaluable assistance 
to all departments of work, making some fifty speeches. 

The Motor Corps did excellent work at all times, answer- 
ing all calls for patriotic service. For the month the Sep- 
tember alone they report the use of thirty-six cars, with a 
mileage of approximately 65,000 miles. There are two auxil- 
iary corps in the county. 

The following Red Cross work was done: 26,686 surgical 
dressings; 5,898 hospital garments; 3,454 hospital supplies; 
2,517 knitted garments; sundries, 67; comfort kits, 175, and 
5,064 refugee garments collected. 



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